Defensive Zone

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Zach</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Since I was six years old my world has revolved around two things: Carter Lockwood and hockey.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We made a pact in college before we turned pro to always put each other first. To make each other our priority but being in love with your straight best friend can make that hard especially when you have to watch them fall in love with someone else.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I don't want to break my best friend's heart to save my own but I need to put some space between us to save our friendship.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only this time it's not just the defensive zone I'm protecting but also my heart.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Carter</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From the moment I met Zach Reid we were inseparable.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nobody really understands why I always wanted to be with him. Our relationship is what some people call codependent but he's been my favorite person for over two decades and life is always calmer when he's around.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But something changed between us over the summer and I started to see him in a different way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then the pact we made in college started to fall apart along with my football career.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I don't know what happened or how to make it right but there's one thing I know for certain.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm lost without him.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Defensive Zone</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>is a childhood best friends to lovers sports romance featuring a hockey player and football player. It includes unrequited love a bi-awakening mutual pining and all the Thunder found family vibes.</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is book three in the Chicago Thunder series and can be read as a standalone.</em></p>