Chapter 61 Ice Too Thin

POV: Silver Preston

The streets gleam with half-melted snow.

Amber streetlight catches the slush along the sidewalk like scattered coins, and my breath makes small white clouds in the January air as Weston falls into step beside me. The music from the hockey house fades with each block we put betw...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 The Fall

2. Chapter 2 Waking Up

3. Chapter 3 Who Are You Without the Ice

4. Chapter 4 The Long Way Back

5. Chapter 5 Cobblestones

6. Chapter 6 Glitter

7. Chapter 7 Yorkside

8. Chapter 8 Registration Day

9. Chapter 9 The Whale

10. Chapter 10 The Box

11. Chapter 11 What I Used to Be

12. Chapter 12 The Dining Hall

13. Chapter 13 Modern American Literature

14. Chapter 14 Blue State

15. Chapter 15 Guess We'll See

16. Chapter 16 Party Night

17. Chapter 17 Washed Up

18. Chapter 18 The Diagnosis

19. Chapter 19 Number 27

20. Chapter 20 Riley's Moment

21. Chapter 21 Uh-Oh

22. Chapter 22 We Meet Again

23. Chapter 23 Weston Carroway

24. Chapter 24 Poison

25. Chapter 25 Across The Table

26. Chapter 26 Fairy Lights

27. Chapter 27 What He Sees

28. Chapter 28 My Girl

29. Chapter 29 Maybe I Understand

30. Chapter 30 The Rumor

31. Chapter 31 Hockey Boys

32. Chapter 32 Maybe Americus Was Right

33. Chapter 33 She's Smarter Than Any of You

34. Chapter 34 Snow

35. Chapter 35 Leona

36. Chapter 36 Leona Continued

37. Chapter 37 Not Tonight

38. Chapter 38 A Door Closing

39. Chapter 39 Why Do You Care

40. Chapter 40 Impossible

41. Chapter 41 The Winter Gala

42. Chapter 42 Dance with Me

43. Chapter 43 I Said No

44. Chapter 44 I Just Can't

45. Chapter 45 Beneath Me

46. Chapter 46 Something Hotter

47. Chapter 47 Stay Out Of My Life

48. Chapter 48 Frozen In Place

49. Chapter 49 The Text

50. Chapter 50 The Gala

51. Chapter 51 Goodnight Silver

52. Chapter 52 Storm Clouds

53. Chapter 53 Slippery

54. Chapter 54 She's Beneath Me

55. Chapter 55 What Exactly Is Your Problem

56. Chapter 56 Maybe

57. Chapter 57 Just one kiss

58. Chapter 58 If You Say So

59. Chapter 59 The Whale Roars

60. Chapter 60 Sulking In Corners

61. Chapter 61 Ice Too Thin

62. Chapter 62 What Leona Wants

63. Chapter 63 Batter My Heart

64. Chapter 64 Reservations

65. Chapter 65 Cold Pasta

66. Chapter 66 Stop Pretending

67. Chapter 67 Wrong

68. Chapter 68 What's Left

69. Chapter 69 Nor'easter

70. Chapter 70 Standing Still

71. Chapter 71 For Myself

72. Chapter 72 The Attempt

73. Chapter 73 The Second Time

74. Chapter 74 Suspended

75. Chapter 75 High Street

76. Chapter 76 The Lamp Goes Off

77. Chapter 77 Edges Not Blades

78. Chapter 78 The Long Way

79. Chapter 79 Choosing Not To Listen

80. Chapter 80 The Seed

81. Chapter 81 Unreliable Narrators

82. Chapter 82 Two Sources

83. Chapter 83 Not For Herself

84. Chapter 84 One Word

85. Chapter 85 Her Heels

86. Chapter 86 Yes

87. Chapter 87 Never Have I Ever

88. Chapter 88 The Dare

89. Chapter 89 Not Sure Enough

90. Chapter 90 Guess We Just Made News

91. Chapter 91 Yale's Fallen Star

92. Chapter 92 Stone

93. Chapter 93 What Riley Knows

94. Chapter 94 Midnight Ice

95. Chapter 95 Warning

96. Chapter 96 Georgia

97. Chapter 97 The Clipboard

98. Chapter 98 Preparation

99. Chapter 99 The Courtyard

100. Chapter 100 Two Stories

101. Chapter 101 The Dance

102. Chapter 102 Too Firm

103. Chapter 103 Step Back

104. Chapter 104 Of Course I Care

105. Chapter 105 I'd Never Choose You

106. Chapter 106 The Letter

107. Chapter 107 Every Line

108. Chapter 108 The Mask Slips

109. Chapter 109 Gone

110. Chapter 110 Christmas Eve

111. Chapter 111 Valentine, You Deserve the Truth

112. Chapter 112 I Love You Still

113. Chapter 113 Stone Floor

114. Chapter 114 Shopping Bags

115. Chapter 115 She Never Knew When to Quit

116. Chapter 116 Countdown

117. Chapter 117 Their Spark

118. Chapter 118 The Morning After

119. Chapter 119 Sterile Rooms

120. Chapter 120 I'm Not You

121. Chapter 121 The Word She Never Said

122. Chapter 122 Dad's Voice

123. Chapter 123 The Gothic Towers Feel Like Home

124. Chapter 124 Before I Saw Him

125. Chapter 125 His Silence Was Deafening

126. Chapter 126 Even Firecrackers Burn Out

127. Chapter 127 They Circled Like Sharks

128. Chapter 128 This Time I Didn't Flinch

129. Chapter 129 Only a Pen

130. Chapter 130 Quiet Was Louder Than Shouting

131. Chapter 131 Pain Was Still Progress

132. Chapter 132 Secrets Spill Eventually

133. Chapter 133 The Room Shrank When He Walked In

134. Chapter 134 Even Centerpieces Became Arguments

135. Chapter 135 The Ice Bit Back

136. Chapter 136 His Hand Was Steady Where Mine Shook

137. Chapter 137 The Rink Was Never Empty When You Needed It

138. Chapter 138 Trust Is Harder Than Triple Jumps

139. Chapter 139 Her Calm Steadied Me

140. Chapter 140 She Thrived on Chaos

141. Chapter 141 The Rink Roared Again

142. Chapter 142 The Room Blurred Until I Saw Him

143. Chapter 143 His Smile Was Poison

144. Chapter 144 She'd Finally Had Enough

145. Chapter 145 The Crowd Cheered for Someone Else

146. Chapter 146 Admiration Looked Different on Him

147. Chapter 147 Truth Slipped Easier at Night

148. Chapter 148 Timing Was Never Her Gift

149. Chapter 149 Her Handwriting Was a Command

150. Chapter 150 For Once, I Didn't Fold

151. Chapter 151 Lies Unravel Fast

152. Chapter 152 Gossip Spread Like Fire

153. Chapter 153 Not All Battles Are Loud

154. Chapter 154 Even Silence Hummed

155. Chapter 155 The Room Held Its Breath

156. Chapter 156 She Wanted Results

157. Chapter 157 Winter Swallowed Me Whole

158. Chapter 158 His Voice Cut Through the Storm

159. Chapter 159 Nine: Some Truths Take Time

160. Chapter 160 Pain Gave Way to Something Scarier: Hope

161. Chapter 161 Coffee Appeared Like Magic

162. Chapter 162 Locker Rooms Leak Secrets

163. Chapter 163 She Couldn't Stand Wasted Chemistry

164. Chapter 164 Her Voice Was Frost

165. Chapter 165 For Once, I Hung Up First

166. Chapter 166 Sweat and Ice Carried Tempers

167. Chapter 167 She Knew All the Backstories

168. Chapter 168 Quiet Hummed Between Us

169. Chapter 169 Sharp Suits in the Stands Meant Futures on the Line

170. Chapter 170 Whispers Always Find Ears

171. Chapter 171 I Wasn't Used to Being the Pep Talker

172. Chapter 172 Not All Victories Are Clean

173. Chapter 173 Losing Him Meant Losing Everything

174. Chapter 174 Ice Felt Both Enemy and Lover

175. Chapter 175 Cold Air Burned Between Us

176. Chapter 176 For Once, Neither of Us Was Strong

177. Chapter 177 Silence Swelled Like Music

178. Chapter 178 Every Interruption Hurt

179. Chapter 179 She Saw Cracks No One Else Did

180. Chapter 180 I Hated the Girl on Screen

181. Chapter 181 Silence Stretched Across the Couch

182. Chapter 182 Normal Felt Impossible

183. Chapter 183 Carroway Wasn't Gone Yet

184. Chapter 184 Poison Spreads Fastest in Whispers

185. Chapter 185 I'd Been Humiliated Before. This Was Worse.

186. Chapter 186 His Arms Steadied Me Where I Broke

187. Chapter 187 Belief Felt Contagious

188. Chapter 188 Small Steps Mattered

189. Chapter 189 Yale vs. Harvard Meant Blood

190. Chapter 190 My Chest Hollowed Out

191. Chapter 191 Fluorescent Lights Never Blinked Fast Enough

192. Chapter 192 Bruises Looked Too Human on Him

193. Chapter 193 My Mouth Betrayed Me

194. Chapter 194 Hope Turned to Ash

195. Chapter 195 Draft Scouts Circled Like Vultures

196. Chapter 196 Sometimes You Fight for Someone Else

197. Chapter 197 We Stood Too Close for Lies

198. Chapter 198 Lights, Music, Pressure

199. Chapter 199 Avoidance Became Survival

200. Chapter 200 The World Narrowed to His Hand on Mine

201. Chapter 201 Poison Never Dies Quietly

202. Chapter 202 The Crowd Turned

203. Chapter 203 Silence Pressed Like Snow

204. Chapter 204 Nobody Had Ever Said That

205. Chapter 205 Timing Is the Cruelest Game

206. Chapter 206 Her Calm Steadied Me

207. Chapter 207 Running Had to Stop Sometime

208. Chapter 208 Everything Depended on His Next Word

209. Chapter 209 He Opened His Mouth, Then Shut It

210. Chapter 210 She Lived for Drama, Not Silence

211. Chapter 211 Some Villains Don't Quit

212. Chapter 212 Screenshots Sting More Than Blades

213. Chapter 213 Yale Hockey Bled Stress

214. Chapter 214 Knees Buckle from More Than Pain

215. Chapter 215 He Didn't Ask, He Just Came

216. Chapter 216 Not All Intimacy Is Loud

217. Chapter 217 Daylight Made Everything Sharper

218. Chapter 218 My Name Was Trending in the Worst Way

219. Chapter 219 Her Heels Struck Like Gunshots

220. Chapter 220 Dad's Voice Was the Only Safe Place

221. Chapter 221 Love Steadies Chaos

222. Chapter 222 Screenshots Never Tell Truth

223. Chapter 223 His Eyes Burned Steady

224. Chapter 224 Locker Rooms Breed Rumor

225. Chapter 225 Silver Waited for Eli's Response

226. Chapter 226 7:30 Felt Like a Lifetime Away

227. Chapter 227 Silence Is the Worst Noise

228. Chapter 228 She Smelled Secrets

229. Chapter 229 My Friends Found Me Before I Fell Apart Completely

230. Chapter 230 Another Game, Another Loss

231. Chapter 231 Coach Morrison's Office Smelled Like Old Leather and Disappointment

232. Chapter 232 Envelopes Carried Weight

233. Chapter 233 Three Days Without Seeing Him Felt Like Three Years

234. Chapter 234 He Looked Exhausted, Older

235. Chapter 235 Anger Hides Worry

236. Chapter 236 She Knew Before I Did

237. Chapter 237 Rumors Die Hard, But They Die

238. Chapter 238 Fear Tastes Like Salt

239. Chapter 239 I Like Us

240. Chapter 240 She Drew a Line

241. Chapter 241 Fathers Rarely Win. He Tried.

242. Chapter 242 Crowds Still Made Me Shake

243. Chapter 243 The World Stepped In Again

244. Chapter 244 Courage Felt Heavier Than Fear

245. Chapter 245 I Came Back Anyway

246. Chapter 246 He Said Yes

247. Chapter 247 The Stars Saw Everything

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