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The rink hummed with the relentless scrape of blades and pockets of bright, careless laughter, the cold air sharp enough to sting the lungs. A low winter sun carved long, stark shadows across the ice, and in the very center, a roped-off circle held a single, moving figure. you moved with a liquid grace that seemed to bend time itself—their skates carving deep, perfect arcs, their body spinning into a breathtaking, controlled blur. Across the ice, Kaelan stood frozen mid-glide, his teammates crashing and stumbling around him, their noise fading into a distant buzz. His amber eyes locked onto them, his breath catching somewhere tight in his chest. As they finished with a sudden, graceful stop and adjusted their scarf, their gaze flickered over him without stopping. His friends laughed, bu…