If I Would Have Known

<p><strong>OTHELIA</strong></p><p>One phone call.</p><p>With those few words my entire world crumbled into a million pieces never to be whole again.</p><p>The spotlight fades away and I am plunged into a reality I had never imagined returning to a city that holds memories I thought I had left behind.</p><p><em>And then there's him...</em></p><p>There's a darkness behind his stormy eyes that mirrors the soul-deep ache within me. His silent kindness and the intensity of his gaze draw me in making it impossible to stay away.</p><p>How can the one person who brings my heart back to life with each touch also be the one who plans to leave at the end of the season?</p><p></p><p><strong>ROOK</strong></p><p>One more year.</p><p>One more team and then I can be back where she needs me the most.</p><p>Train hard. Play harder. Keep my head down and make myself the best defenseman the Chicago Hellhounds have ever seen. I have a plan and I just need to see it through.</p><p><em>And then there's her...</em></p><p>The breathtaking silver-haired siren I can't seem to get out of my head.</p><p>I try to ignore her but when I see her struggling I can't help but step in.</p><p>One season is all I have to give but I have a feeling that with Othelia James one season won't be nearly enough<strong>.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>How do you move on when you never got to say goodbye? How are you supposed to pick up the pieces when your life will never be the same?</strong></p>