“You didn’t look worried when you were dumping ice over my head. What happened?” He shrugs. “I was on the ice. It’s my domain. Nothing can touch me out there.” “Except your buddy who was slamming you into the boards.” Aleks rolls out his shoulder. “That was for your benefit, by the way.” “It was?” “Yeah.” The playful shove he gives me lights up my excitement again. “Someone wasn’t watching again.”

