Reward and Ruin

HAZEL

I pace near the showers in the locker room, my arms wrapped tightly around myself. The air smells like cheap disinfectant. My ears strain for any sound from behind the curtain.

Cade disappeared in there ten minutes ago, bleeding. Every second feels like an hour. My mind keeps replaying the fight. Especially the way he lost control. I know he'd been desperate. Losing the fight would mea