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Mollie shifts on her knees to get closer toone hand on h Her neck twists so her eyes can meet mine “But we’re exclusive Your hot little nu but a distant ht?”

“I don’t even knoho you’re talking about,” I reply with a lopsided grin

She smirks “Good answer”

Then her hand is wrapped aroundover me When she takes h with utter contentment

Although I haven’t said it, I’ helplessly in love with my best friend

Orca roo several rows to accommodate all the players and essential staff

I arrive early, taking the time to catch up with teammates I haven’t seen over the su While ays are just a call or text away, it’s great to see faces again

Sitting in the front row is our first line, the real stars of the teaoalie, Tacker Hall at center, Bishop Scott, who is our captain and star right-winger, Dax Monahan on the other side at left wing, and our defenseiving the out with the in beautiful St John It was a great time, made evenof his own there

Not sure what sort ofour first year in existence, each of these ed to fall helplessly in love and shackle theamy

As someone as quite reluctant to leave Mollie in , I can certainly appreciate it

I move up to the second row to sit withwith our new backup goalie, Noah Martin I’d uy He’s got so shoes to fill, left behind by Baden, but I think he’s up to the task I slap digits with each of the guys beforedown

“Anyone seen Riggs yet?” I ask Bain, who sits to ht

“Nope,” he replies

I glance around the roo in but don’t see him I have to say, I’ a teaely detached off I sure hope he meshes with us because this tea off a cha in the wheel can throw things to shit

The coaching staffour head coach, Claude Perron He’s a bit of a hard ass, but his style gets proven results Not surprising, I see the team’s owner, Dominik Carlson, saunter in, too, dressed in an expensive suit with perfectly styled hair He’s the fucking boether a chaue, but he has personally helped individual players ti he cares about us as individuals and not just moneymakers

The last of the people file in, and one of the assistant coaches shuts the door I note with dislances withlate, and he’s not one for giving second chances unless they are well deserved If Riggs isn’t careful, he’ll find hiue that would kill to join the second line of the Arizona Vengeance

Coach walks up to the podiuet everyone’s attention The chitchat dies down His voice boo champions”

The roo on our flip desktops and feet sto “All right, all right Enough of that The Cup was last year, and this is a new year We have our work cut out for us Every tea at us with fire in their bellies and evil desires in their souls, trying to knock us down Are we going to let that happen?”