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Promises || Road To Nationals

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Time 5h 45m

Reads 191
Votes 66
Parts 20
Time 5h 45m

Mature

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"𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆."

Speed skating is a sport where you turn left over and over again at insane speeds with a lack of protective equipment, slicing through the ice with a sharp blade. It's one of the most unusual and intense sports in the world and is commonly overlooked. 

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Jordan Parks is a girl who grew up skating, falling in love with the way she could glide forward as if she was taking flight. At a young age, she and five of her best friends vowed that they'd one day skate together on the short-track speed skating Olympic team. But Jordan was only a child back then. She was still naïve to the way dreams and asperations could change overnight. 

After high school, she goes on to attend Humber College in Toronto, Canada. There she meets an odd bunch of new friends. As well as an old face from her inline days. Kai Kendrick, her childhood best friend's rival. 


DISCLAIMER: All of these characters are fictional. Any resemblance to real life is coincidental.All Rights Reserved

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