Austin's POV

Since the banquet, the days have blurred together. Practice, strategy meetings, and the endless noise of the competition had filled every minute but none of it managed to quiet the thought of Ruby

I hadn’t seen or heard from her once. Not a text, not a call. And no matter how much I told myself it didn’t matter, her absence had carved out a space I couldn’t seem to fill.

Worse still was the memory of that night. She stood close to John, her eyes soft, her smile faint. The ...