ri

ht felt different, it wasn't ga

waved foam fingers, and the Aurora Blades jerseys seemed to cover

the crowd erupted

Dane!

n't bla

lackridge Wolves were leading 5–1, I still didn't understand

ad changed

uck into the net, turning the game arou

hampionship. And a captain eve

idn't see where I was going

h. S

s Eden. His eyes

ooked like he wanted to say something,

ll I had ever seen in him. What had ma

t. Of course he

r would b

. Eden was one of his best friends.

and wal

rin

closed around my arm. I

I glared

that lost, broken expression I had worn the l

do." I yanked my arm free befo

true?"

s. "It doesn't

" Then I walked away. I released a sh

how hard my heart had b

nto my seat. I opened my laptop and forced myse

was better than thinking.

ght. My heart did a stupid little flip. He looked different

uld feel me

turned. O

dy jump. I almost smiled. Then I remembered the

g else, the arena lights

highlighting the championship-the goals, the final

lights ca

s voice boomed through the arena, "you

ning roar. Fans screamed as

other players gat

other Grant. He was he

d. "And now, joining o

ent cold as Blaire s

cheered as

atched as Dane smiled at he

t few hours digging into Blaire's life.

as pr

n't even the

ayn Carter-the man who hated

who Zayn was an

truth. I couldn't sit ther

anything over the

raped loudly against the floor.

arm. "What the f

led a

ward the stairs, my press bad

alled after me,

to the ice. A security guard imm

ccess en

o Captain Whitake

Hayes." He s

was reaching into his

to return to th

ack!" Maya ha

y head. "

motive? What would everyone think? I cou

d. Every instinct in me screamed

ound the se

. I pulled fr

opened on

usands of people

tur

me. Her smile dis

. A confused murmur ri

Dane's eye

dy lowering hims

ce cracked acr

ut I took a

n't

t as everyone stared at me. Gra

murmurs

voice shook, but I forced th

face we

y swung toward us. The

I realized what th

lost. He opened his m

stared

rd Blaire. "What is

tightened

streamed down her cheeks. The

r voice broke. She looked at Dan

artbeat, n

a erupted with a col