Thanks But No Thanks
I don’t turn around when I hear him behind me.
I know that sound. The careful shuffle of skates on rubber flooring. Slow. Hesitant. Like he’s trying not to make it worse but still can’t help himself.
“Cass,” George says softly.
Just one word. But it snaps something in me. My fingers grip the benc...
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Chapters
1. The Only Place That Doesn't Hurt
2. Cracked
3. Just One Skate
4. My Number
5. Paired 
6. The Tryouts
7. Tension On The Ice
8. Breaking Point
9. Thanks But No Thanks
10. Rehab
11. The Spark Between Us
12. Slices and Secrets
13. Leverage
14. Off the Record
15. Fractures
16. The Door In My Head
17. Under The Ice
18. Edge Of The Line
19. Thin Ice
20. The Message
21. Close Quarters
22. Paper Weight
23. Under His Wing
24. The Wrong Story
25. Someone Else's Game
26. The First Blood On The Ice
27. Blood On The Ice
28. Shadows In The Ice
29. The Line You Can't Uncross
30. Shadows In The Rink
31. Echoes In The Dark
32. Beneath The Surface
33. Breaking the Ice
34. The Bruises He Hides
35. Lessons On The Ice
36. The Project
37. The Lake
38. The Past At The Water Edge
39. Pizza Night
40. As One
41. The Weight Of Tomorrow
42. Too close to ignore
43. Secret moves
44. Fallout
45. Shadows Of Wealth
46. Broken
47. Breaking Lines
48. Fault Lines
49. Splintered Ice
50. Cracking Ice
51. Emptiness
52. When Silence Spreads
53. Back To The Oven
54. The Late Night Call
55. Pressure From Every Side
56. The Letter I Never Wanted To Read Again
57. He Fell
58. Cold Tensed Reunion
59. My Presence
60. Fragile Ice
61. Eavesdrop
62. Secret Drills
63. Her
64. Between Words
65. National Qualifiers
66. The Weight Of Everything
67. Silent Support
68. Pushing Limits
69. Standing Up
70. Paired Again
71. Locked Inside
72. The Truth Between Us
73. The Unexpected
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