Penelope pov

Game day arrives cold and clear. The arena is packed. Bloodfang supporters on one side, Frostfang on the other.

In the locker room, Coach gives us final pep talk. "This is it. Everything we've worked for. Go out there and show them what Bloodfang is made of."

We take the ice for warm-ups. The Frostfang team is already out there, I recognize some of them from the challenge ceremony.

Their captain, a girl named Daniella, skates past me. "Better luck this time, Omega."

It's meant as ...