LOGINKAI’S POVI was under heavy pressure because of the championship coming up. As captain, everyone expected me to lead the team perfectly again, but my focus kept shifting toward Aria constantly instead of hockey. I couldn’t stop looking at her at all. Even when I tried to push her out of my head during drills, my eyes would find her in the stands or in my thoughts, and everything else faded. The bond between us pulled at me hard, making my chest tight and my body react in ways that had nothing to do with the ice. I kept remembering how she felt against me the last time we were close—her warmth, the way her breath hitched when I touched her, the heat that built between us until it was almost too much to handle. It was messing with my head, turning the pressure of the game into something else entirely.During late-night practice, the team was already on edge from the long hours, and I was pushing them harder than usual. We kept running the same plays over and over, but nothing was clic
BIANCA’S POVI was furious the second I heard the news. Aria had started attending hockey practice openly now, showing up in the stands like she belonged there. The hockey team was one of the biggest sources of influence and popularity in school, and I hated the idea of her slowly becoming connected to that attention too. It felt like she was stealing my spotlight piece by piece, worming her way into everything that used to be mine.I was in the middle of the hallway when Lila pulled me aside, her voice low like she was delivering bad gossip. “Bianca, you’re not going to believe this. Aria was at practice yesterday. Sitting right there in the stands with Maya, watching the whole time. And the brothers… they kept looking up at her like she was the only one there.”My hands clenched into fists before I even realized it. “What the hell do you mean they were looking at her? Those are my brothers. My team. She has no right to be there acting like she’s part of it.”Lila shifted uncomfortab
ARIA’S POVI didn’t expect myself to become interested in hockey. I really didn’t. But after watching the brothers practice properly for the first time, I finally understood why the entire school treated them like celebrities. The hockey arena turned loud and chaotic during practice, with the sound of skates cutting across the ice, sticks slamming into pucks, and the whole team shouting over each other. Everyone’s attention naturally followed the brothers everywhere they went. It was like the whole place revolved around them.Maya was sitting right next to me in the stands, her voice going nonstop as she pointed things out. I had stayed after Reed left to talk to Kai, and Maya had dragged me back in here earlier, saying I needed to see what all the hype was about. At first I just wanted to leave, but something about watching them kept me glued to my seat. My eyes kept drifting to the ice, and I hated how my body reacted every time one of them moved.“See that?” Maya said, leaning clos
REED’S POVI was already stressed out because of the warning Zane gave us about Bianca, but things got even worse when the school hockey championship came around only a week away. The entire school was hyped up about the competition, and our hockey team was under huge pressure to win again. Our pack’s reputation was tied strongly to the sport, and everyone kept saying we had to bring home the trophy or it would look bad for all of us.During practice, I became more aggressive than usual on the ice. I couldn’t stop thinking about Aria possibly being targeted again. Every time I checked someone into the boards or fought for the puck, my mind flashed to her face, how she looked when she was vulnerable, and how much I wanted to keep her safe. The mate bond pulled at me hard, making my chest tight with worry mixed with something hotter. I kept seeing her in my head—the way her body moved during training, the heat in her eyes when we got close, the way she responded to me even when she trie
ZANE’S POVI couldn’t stop thinking about Bianca and Aria after the argument earlier. Deep down, I knew Bianca had changed into someone dangerous a long time ago, but I hated admitting that I failed to stop her before things got this bad. Everything I was planning to do with Aria before got ruined because Bianca stepped in and destroyed it all. I was the reason she went after that poor girl in the first place, and I didn’t even bother to step up and fix it when I should have.I thought about spending more time with Bianca to keep her from getting jealous and hurting other innocent people again. So I always went to her house when I could. I started noticing strange people connected to Bianca’s family moving around more often recently, and it immediately made me suspicious. Bianca was acting too calm after everything that happened publicly, which usually meant she was planning something dangerous again.I showed up at her place that evening, trying to keep things normal between us. She
ARIA’S POVI was lying on my bed, staring up at the ceiling like it had all the answers I needed. My mind kept replaying everything that had been happening lately—the kidnapping, the training that pushed me until my body ached, and the way the brothers kept pulling me back in. I was becoming emotionally confused because of how close I was getting to all of them again. Every time I spent time with one of them, I would promise myself not to get attached, but it never worked properly anymore.I kept telling myself to stay mad, to remember how they had treated me before. But then Kai would hold me like he was scared to lose me, or Jasper would get that look in his eyes when we trained together, or Cole would wipe my tears so gently it made my chest hurt. My body remembered too much—the heat of their hands on my skin, the way their voices dropped low when they got close, the pull that made my heart race even when I wanted to push them away. It annoyed me how much I craved that feeling now,
JASPER’S POVI couldn’t stop thinking about Aria. Every time I saw her pushing herself in training lately, it hit me harder. She wasn’t the same frightened girl from before. She was getting more confident, stubborn, and dangerous little by little. It made her even more attractive to me and my brot
BIANCA’S POVI was getting more frustrated every single day. People in school were slowly starting to sympathize with Aria, and it made my blood boil. Some students even stopped talking to me properly after the kidnapping incident became public. They looked at me like I was the devil herself, whisp
REED’S POVI stood in the dark shadows of the upstairs hallway, my jaw clenched so tightly that my back teeth actually ached. I watched through the small gap in the staircase railing as Aria sat on the living room rug downstairs, laughing brightly at something Kai just said. Yesterday, it was Jaspe
KAI'S POVI watched Aria closely from the doorway of the kitchen. She was pouring herself a glass of cold water, her movements a little slow and stiff from the intense training she did yesterday. I leaned against the doorframe, keeping quiet. I could easily tell that Aria was slowly depending on







