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The sound of the buzzer echoed through the rink as Cassie carved to a halt. She took deep, ragged breaths; her lungs aching as the cheers of the crowd faded. Another loss. Another... freaking... loss.
She didn't even have to look to know whose blades were biting into the ice as Samira's voice broke through her haze "Hope next time we play, you decide to show up."
Cassie's icy blue eyes focused onto Miss Rookie of the Year, a jagged smile gracing her features as she nodded. In between breaths, she responded with "Cheap." spitting at the ice.
"True" Samira spit at the ice herself, a smirk playing on her lips as she met Cassie's gaze.
Cassie let out a breathless laugh before delivering one final line "You're starting to sound like her."
The shift in Samira's mood was instant, she went from cocky victor to a deer caught in headlights, "I'm sorry, what?"
Another one of Cassie's jagged smiles made an appearance as she stood to her full height "You fucking heard me, Mohan!"