Chapter 276

CASSIAN'S POV

The heavy metal blades of my skates sliced hard into the ice, spraying a white shower of frost against the thick plexiglass. My lungs were burning, each deep breath tasting like icy iron, but I didn't slow down.

With three minutes left in the third period, the score was tied two to two. The arena was an absolute cauldron of noise, twenty thousand fans screaming, stomping their feet,