On the Edge (SCU Hockey #3)

by J.J. Mulder

I’m certain the real Atlas behind the walls is worth knowing, as long as I can get past the Atlas guarding the gate.

“You are happy now?” he asks quietly. I should lie to him. Crack a joke. I’m only setting myself up for pain if I tell the truth now. I pause. “Yes,” I whisper back. His eyes open. I circle my thumb in the soft hair behind his ear. “Perhaps it is your turn to be happy, after so many years of sad.”