RYDER

In a daze, I manage to leave the medical room.

I don't know how I do it, but I don't stop to question it either. I have to return to the rink because the fifteen-minute break is almost over.

Ray Laws saw me and Aria.

Instinctively, I know this is bad. Really fucking bad.

Coach glances at me, notices that I haven't gotten stitched up, and makes a face. But he knows there's no time for me to get it done.

The team's all gathered around him and they're discussing strategies for the next ...