Penelope's POV

Tryouts are everything I expected and nothing I prepared for.

Coach Martinez doesn't believe in easing players into the program. Within the first hour, she has us running drills that would make professional athletes weep. She's a small woman with dark hair and eyes that miss nothing, skating between us .

"Hale!" she barks, stopping in front of me as I finish a passing drill. "You're favoring your right side. Fix it or sit down."

I nod and adjust my stance, grateful that she's ...