The Golden Captain's Heart On Ice

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