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Chapter 231
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2026-07-18 20:14:19
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Breaking The Ice Between Us Epilogue
LoganOne Year LaterThe first thing I noticed wasn’t the cameras.It wasn’t the reporters standing behind the ropes or the fans already gathering outside the practice facility hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite players.It wasn’t even the giant logo stretched across center ice when I stepped into the arena.It was the smell.Freshly sharpened steel.Rubber from brand-new pucks.Coffee drifting down the hallway from the players’ lounge.Hockey.No matter how big the stage became…It always smelled the same.I smiled as I adjusted the strap of my equipment bag and looked around the locker room that, somehow, belonged to me now.A year ago, I was terrified of whether I’d even be noticed at the Chicago Showcase.Now…My name hung above an NHL locker.Not because someone had handed me anything.Because every early morning.Every extra workout.Every practice.Every mistake.Every lesson.Had led me here.A veteran defenseman walked by carrying two coffees.“You the rookie?”I lau
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 232
Harper POVI never thought I’d cry over a cap and gown.Yet there I stood in front of my bedroom mirror, trying very hard not to ruin my makeup before I even left the house.The black graduation gown hung a little awkwardly over my dress, the cap sat crooked no matter how many times I adjusted it, and the gold tassel kept swinging into my face every time I turned my head.Lila leaned against my bedroom door with her arms crossed and a grin that made me suspicious.“What?”She shook her head.“Nothing.”“Lila.”“I just…” She smiled wider. “I remember the girl who moved into Alpha Chi carrying three suitcases, an industrial-sized box of highlighters, and enough planners to organize the entire state of Ohio.”I laughed.“I did not have that many planners.”She raised an eyebrow.“Harper.”“…Okay, maybe I did.”“And now look at you.”I glanced back at the mirror.The woman staring back at me looked older than the nervous freshman who had walked into the sorority house four years ago.More
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 231
Logan POVI barely slept.Not because the hotel bed was uncomfortable.Not because I was nervous.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that folder sitting on the desk.Recommended for Development Camp Invitation.I must have read those words a hundred times before finally forcing myself to put the papers away.This morning, they still felt unreal.The showcase officially ended after breakfast. Players hugged, shook hands, promised to keep in touch, and slowly disappeared toward airports across the country.Coach Reynolds found me loading my hockey bag onto the shuttle.“Proud of you.”I smiled.“Thanks, Coach.”“I mean it.”“I know.”He hesitated for a moment before pulling me into a hug.Coach wasn’t much of a hugger.Which was exactly why it caught me off guard.“You earned every bit of this.”I swallowed the lump in my throat.“Couldn’t have done it without you.”He stepped back and shook his head.“No.”“You could have.”“I just helped you remember who you already were.”For a secon
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 230
Logan POVBy the third day of the showcase, I’d stopped looking into the stands.Not because the scouts weren’t there.If anything, there seemed to be even more of them than on the first day.Clipboards.Tablets.Conversations scribbled between whistles.Every time I stepped onto the ice, dozens of eyes followed every stride, every pass, every decision.Three days ago, that would’ve consumed me.Now…I honestly couldn’t tell you where most of them were sitting.Coach had been right.Harper had been right.Mom had been right.When I stopped worrying about who was watching…I started playing the best hockey of my life.The final horn sounded on the last game of the weekend, and for a moment, no one moved.It was over.Months of preparation.Years of dreaming.Three unforgettable days.Done.The teams met at center ice to shake hands, and I found myself smiling at guys I’d considered competition just a few days earlier.Some of them I’d probably play against again someday.Some I might b
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 229
Logan POVBy the time I made it back to the locker room, my legs felt like they weighed a hundred pounds each.Every muscle in my body ached in that familiar way that only came after sixty minutes of hard hockey. My jersey clung to my back, my hair was soaked beneath my helmet, and I could still hear the faint roar of the crowd echoing in my ears even though the game had been over for nearly fifteen minutes.The room buzzed with a different kind of energy now.The nerves that had hung over everyone that morning had disappeared.Guys laughed as they peeled off shoulder pads. Someone was already arguing over whether the game-winning goal had actually gone bar down. Across the room, one goalie insisted he’d been screened on every shot that beat him, earning a chorus of sarcastic groans from the rest of us.It felt like any locker room after a good win.Normal.And maybe that was my favorite part.The biggest game of my life had somehow become… just another hockey game.Coach Reynolds wal
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 228
Logan POVThe alarm went off at six.For a second, I forgot where I was.The hotel room was unfamiliar, the ceiling higher than the one back in my apartment, and the faint rumble of traffic drifted through the window even this early in the morning. Then everything came rushing back at once.Chicago.The showcase.The scouts.My stomach fluttered, but it wasn’t the sickening knot I’d expected. It was lighter than that. More like the feeling before the opening faceoff of a rivalry game—the kind where every nerve in your body woke up because you couldn’t wait to get on the ice.I rolled onto my back and stared at the ceiling for a moment before sitting up. My roommate was already awake, lacing his running shoes.“Morning,” he said.“Morning.”“You sleep?”“Better than I thought.”He laughed.“I think I got about four hours.”“I would’ve been the same a few months ago.”He looked over at me.“What changed?”I smiled as I reached for the bracelet resting against my wrist.“I remembered why
Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 74
Logan POVSomething is wrong with the campus.I notice it before anyone says it out loud.It’s in the way the usual girls aren’t lingering outside the Ice House when we leave for class.In the way no one whistles. No one waves. No one “accidentally” bumps into us in the quad.In the way the air fee
Última atualização : 2026-03-27Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 27
Harper POVI don’t feel my legs as I go up the Alpha Chi stairs. I’m floating, or sinking, or just moving on autopilot.A couple sisters are in the hallway in pajamas, mascara smudged from studying, hair in buns. They stare when they see me — wide-eyed, knowing, concerned.One opens her mouth.I sh
Última atualização : 2026-03-20Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 101
Logan POVI shouldn’t be here.That’s the first thought that hits me as I park across the street from the sorority house, engine idling, hands still gripping the steering wheel like it’s the only thing keeping me anchored.It’s late.The house is mostly dark except for a few glowing windows, the ki
Última atualização : 2026-03-31Breaking The Ice Between Us Chapter 92
Harper POVAt first, it’s subtle.The kind of subtle you only notice if you’re already paying attention.Logan comes back inside with his phone still in his hand, and his face is… different. Not angry. Not exactly. Just closed. Like someone flipped a switch behind his eyes and turned the lights off
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