Despite myself, my eyes flick toward the sound. Margo has been joined by another woman—slightly shorter, with honey-blonde hair pulled back into a messy bun. It’s her sister, Heather.

She’s leaning toward Margo as they speak in low voices, her face animated in a way that makes her delicate features light up. When she laughs again, there’s something about it that cuts through the sounds of skates scraping ice and sticks hitting pucks.

For one inexplicable second, I can’t look away from her.

“Heads up, Parker!”

I snap back to attention a fraction too late. The puck that Theo just hit sails past my outstretched glove, smacking into the back of the net with a sound that might as well be a foghorn announcing my failure.

Bradley Price, one of our assistant coaches, blows his whistle to call an end to the drill. I straighten, frustrated by my momentary lapse in concentration. That should’ve been a simple save, the kind I can usually make in my sleep.

Theo skates to a stop beside me, showering my pads with ice. “Holy shit, did the terminator just miss an easy one?” He slaps me on the back. “I thought you were a machine, Parker. What happened?”

I snort, shaking off his hand. “Lucky shot.”

But as I reset for the next drill, I find myself wondering the same thing.

What the hell did just happen?

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