CECILY I would like to say that I was off the hook this summer and could finally relax.But that doesn't seem to be the cast.Because I had a summer internship with the Vale Ravens as an intern.And you know who else was a intern?Lillian Valentine. I had a job to do.simp to say the least. Make sure Freya Alexander stays away from Lillian. Easy enough right? Wrong. Because for the longest time me and Lillian our forced in the same arena doing the same task together.Those feelings that I tried to push down just keep emerging.And the worse part? Lillian was feeling it too. :::::::::::::::: LILLIAN . If someone had told me a year ago that I'd be working under the Vale Ravens' summer program, I would've laughed in their face. If they'd told me I'd be paired with Cecily Whittaker every other shift, I would've called it sabotage. And if they'd told me I'd start noticing the way she bites her lip when she's concentrating-like it's the only thing keeping her from saying something she can't take back-I would've assumed they were insane. But here I am. Trying to act normal. Trying not to look at her too long. Because Cecily doesn't just watch me. She tracks me. Like I'm an anomaly she can't categorize, an error she's been assigned to correct but hasn't decided how to handle yet. Because Cecily has rules. I've seen them. I've watched her enforce them on everyone else like they're iron-clad. But why does it feel like she is softer with me?

SALEM If it isn't one thing, it's another.The Order of Vale is spreading their influence.More and more people are rallying behind the destruction of the founding families power.And my supposed half-cousin is behind it. My next problem:Bianca Kingsford. My fiance who I had no intention of marrying.Weve been enemies since we were childhood and not much has changed.Well a lot has changed but not with Bianca. For instance my father has found himself remarried.A wife and two children I didn't know he had.All at the worse fucking time And I thought it couldn't get any worse. BIANCA A Kingsford must follow through go a contract. We honor our word. We protect the family. We preserve the legacy. Even when it costs us everything. And my contract? Marrying Salem Sinclair, the princess of darkness itself. My enemy. My opposite. The girl who's made it her personal mission to ruin my life since we were eight years old. The town calls it unity. A strategic alliance. A necessary move to stabilize Vale. A Kingsford must follow through. Even if it means marrying the darkness itself.

HOLLIS Let's just say high school was an emotional roller coaster.A three year relationship down the drain after a petty argument left both of us heartbroken.And I thought I put that behind me two years later. That all changed when my transfer to Kingsford College gets approved.Located in Vale,Colorado, Kingsford has some of the best sports programs known to man.Especially their women's hockey team.They are out a captain, and I was the next big thing. But the second I get there I realize that hockey was extremely competitive.And Kingsford's rivals were no joke. Montclair University are back to back national champions ready for a three peat And it was all fine until I realized who was leading them Riven Valentine . My Ex's bestfriend. RIVEN Fairmont. Vincere. Kingsford. All of them had bowed before me. All of them had crumbled beneath my stick and my strategy. Two years in a row, my team had destroyed anyone who thought they could stand in our way. They were bugs-insignificant, squirming, beneath me. And this year will be no different. Until I find out who Kingsford's new captain is. Hollis Prescott. My bestfriends ex-girlfriend. The girl who made my bestfriend,Sterling's freshman year shit because of how heartbroken she was. My job was to make sure that Sterling didn't fall for that stupid charm Hollis carries herself in.Flirting to get out of everything situation.But I find myself falling for that very stupid charm.

HAYDEN It was supposed to be a fun night out with friends.A party before the tournament.But all things went to shit when I ran into Sofia. The Russian second in command at Hillcrest has been breaking the ice around my cold heart for months. When parapazzi snaps some very intimate photos of the us, rumors start to circulate.To save my reputation and boost my family's fame, I'm forced to propose a fake relationship with Sofia. The closer I get to knocking down the walls around Sofia , the more i realize there's so much more to the Hillcrest's second in command. Could this Power Play be something real? SOFIA Consider my shock when the very girl who told me that I was the worse thing to happen to her approaches me with a proposal to fake date. I laughed in her fucking face.To think that after months of giving her my heart so crushed and things we can let bygones be bygones? Of course.It was Hayden Carter we were talking about.That girl how the comfidence and Charisma to make me drop down on my knees and beg. But not this time.If you want this Hayden you're going to have to beg.

THALIA I never thought that I would marry young.I had a whole plan of finishing college and maybe even going to the WNHL draft before settling down with a family.But as they say,Fate has a very mysterious way of working. And for me ,I've found myself married to Kira 'KP' Pasil after a drunken night out in Vegas.I have a chance at holding on to a love I never felt before.Well..that's if I can show her I'm worth it. KIRA Degree in Marketing but age 21. Masters degree in Marketing by age 22. And finally moving back home and opening my own firm but 25. I have a plan and set of goals I want to reach by 25.And at the bottom of that list?Marriage.Its the last thing on my mind and for some reason it was the first thing I ended up doing. Thalia Belmont is sweet don't get me wrong and we had a connection that was just sex.Theres no way she can be the married type.But she's swore to me that she will prove all of it by the end of the semester.And im scared that she couldn't be more right.

WREN I made a mistake.A grave one.I fell in love with the obsessed girl when I was in high school.And she needed up breaking my heart.And ever since then I swore to myself I would never give her another chance. Even after a party over the summer where I slip up and give into her. But Anastasia Sokos won't give up. No matter if her school is 40 minutes away,she still drives here every night to watch me.She calls me her pretty thief and I call her my pretty imperfection. ANASTASIA My pretty thief thinks that she can take my heart and run with it.But she couldn't be more wrong. You're mine Pretty thief. You will always be mine. I've been watching and waiting for you.But I'm tired of waiting.Its time to take what's mine

LAINEY I think I have the worse luck for first official days as Captain goes.First it starts off small, I find out the new team jerseys spelled my name wrong and then it turns to a big colossal fuck you from god. Tusk University's Arena got flooded during break.Leaving them without a rink.The biggest problem about that? We are the closest school in the district.So?Until further notice we would be sharing our rink with the Tusk Bears lead by their Captain, the one and only Paris Harper. PARIS Our arena getting flooded was not on my bingo card into my last season playing college hockey.With only a couple more months until I hit the draft,I was most certain I wouldn't have to tie up the biggest loose end in my life. Lainey Thomas. The girl I shouldn't want but can't help but have. The very girl who's been ignoring me since she found out about the draft. I'm not giving up on us.Im tired of the back and forth along with the break ups and make ups. I will have Lainey Thomas.

STEVIE Last year was one hell of a year.Not only did we win States but we took home the national trophy.That's right.Haven Colleges very own women's hockey had their first national championship.With the help of our captain,Sloane and over defensive captain Miller, had won it all.But this is a new year.A new season.and most importantly, a new teammate.Serenity Jackson was our new starting defensive winger.And as beautiful she is, she's as cold as ice.I would like to think after one party over the summer we finally connected.But looks can be deceiving SERENITY Stevie Lewis was bad for me.Not only was she talented ,smart,beautiful but she was a sunshine.A sunshine I knew with my personality and past I would break.But one slip up ended with her in my bed.Distance is the best thing to do right now.But how could when she was around all the time liking my head?

MILLER Ive had a shitty sophomore year of college.My parents are getting a divorce,my girlfriend of two years cheated on me with my best friend, and my college's girls hockey team just got cut. So naturally a change of scenery was for the best.Which lead me right to Haven College in Minnesota.The all-girls college pride itself on being the best and doing the best.Which is why their woman's hockey team is ranked 1st in the nation.And why I chose to transfer there in my third year.A team and a new coach?Whats the worst that can happen you ask? Their Captain,Sloane Monroe aka the coach's daughter.The biggest pain in my ass. SLOANE After coming off a lost at nationals,the last thing we needed is a change to the teams chemistry.But leave Miller Collins to fuck everything up.Her cocky and arrogant attitude puts a bad name for Haven.And I'm determined to put her in her place where she belongs.

Alexandra Carmichael is the school's most popular it girl. Captain cheerleader, filthy rich and way too pretty for her own good. Everything changes when she meets one Emily Lockhart... ---------------------------- TW (mentioned only in one or two chapters): depression, anxiety, self harm, emotional abuse. Also, lots of smut🫡