Off Season
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They said Kade Holloway was built for the ice - fast hands, sharp edges, and a temper that could burn through steel. Hockey was his world, his escape, his weapon. But off the rink, he was all scars and silence - a boy raised on anger, fighting ghosts that wore his father's face.
Then came Kaia Mercer - the girl who smiled like she wasn't broken, even when she was. Smart, calm, untouchable. The campus' golden girl who lived like perfection could protect her. She wasn't supposed to fall for him - the reckless, bruised player who didn't know how to stay still.
But sometimes, the heart doesn't wait for the right timing.
What began as something dangerous - tension, challenge, defiance - became something deeper. Messier. Real. Until everything shattered. A secret, a sickness, a lie told to protect, and a love that refused to die even when it broke them both.
Now, with everything on the line - the game, the future, the life growing quietly between them - they'll have to face what love really means: not fixing each other, but choosing each other, even when it hurts.
Because love isn't the winning goal or the perfect season.
It's what happens after the crowd goes quiet.
It's the healing, the forgiveness,
the off season.
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