"I'm a goalie. You don’t take my position without being tied to your team.

”Audrey:My life is one giant blocked puck. Growing up around a pro hockey team means I’ve always had a built-in posse of big brothers.

Date a hockey player? No. Way.

If they even catch me thinking about a guy, I don’t hear the end of it. Now, I’m the team’s media manager.

Hockey is life. I love my job.

I love the team. I don’t love the new goalie, Quentin "Quinn" Paris.

I want no part of that quirky goalie’s smug smile, blue eyes, or too-smooth Quebec accent. Except that’s a lie.

I want it. All of him.

I just can’t risk the fallout if I let on. Not that he thinks about me that way, anyway.

Media manager or not, I’m still the team’s little sis. Like I said.

One giant blocked puck. ***Quinn: This is my breakout season in the pros.

I won’t do anything to jinx my luck, especially when I’m on a shutout streak and playing the best hockey of my life. Not that I’d ever admit that out loud.

One block at a time. One game at a time.

Don’t shake up the routines. Stay cool.

Stay focused. Don’t let them rattle you.

But Audrey Cathcart has me rattled. She works to get a rise out of me every time we’re face-to-face.

And can she get a rise out of me. My teammates think of her as a sister.

But trust me: There is nothing familial about how I feel about her. But can I tell her and keep my focus? Because the playoffs are coming, and it's either win.

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or go home empty-handed. .