Body Checked (Center Ice Book 1) by Stark Katherine

Author:Stark, Katherine [Stark, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sex, criminals, athlete, explicit, crime, romance, Sports, college, hockey, new adult, russian, FBI, mafia
Publisher: Eventide Press
Published: 2015-08-09T07:00:00+00:00

I go into our Translations midterm expecting to get my ass handed to me. I’ve barely had time to study outside of the one session I did with Monique and Beth, and between Sergei, the FBI, and stress taking up every ounce of my time and energy (and only one of those making it worthwhile), I fully deserve to crash and burn. But the teacher passes out the article we’re supposed to translate, something dense, all knotted around with weird turns of phrase and obscure vocabulary usage, and my writing just . . . flows. Before, I’d have to parse out each chunk of a sentence on its own, then spend several minutes cobbling those chunks back together into something resembling English. Now, though, it’s effortless.

I glance around to see if my classmates are struggling. Surely it’s not just me. We’ve been given too easy of a passage by mistake, or something. But I guess it’s all the Russian I’ve been speaking with Sergei. Everything clicks, and now I have this whole other world of language inhabiting my head. There’s something truly magical about that.

“Are we still on for the game tonight?” Monique asks Beth and me once we file out of the classroom. “My parents and Todd are having some sort of stupid investor party in their box, but we’re welcome to use it as long as we behave.”

“Behave being a relative term?” I ask. “It’s not like their guests ever give a shit about watching the hockey game.”

Monique rolls her eyes. “Tell me about it. But, hey, free food and booze for us, right?”

Beth tugs anxiously at the cuffs of her sweater. Her blonde curls fly every which way; her gaze is wild as she scans the halls. “Yeah. I’ll be there. Just save me my own bottle of rum.”

“Are you okay?” I ask, brows furrowing. Beth is always bubbly and carefree, but there’s sweat running down her face. “Honey. Let’s go have a seat.”

“I can’t. I have to get back to studying.” She sighs. “That midterm kicked my ass. I didn’t study enough, but it doesn’t matter. Nothing matters until the LSAT is done.”

“Beth, my sweet angel, I do not give a fuck what you make on the LSAT, but if it wrecks you with stress, I’m going to be mighty pissed,” Monique tells her.

“I need this.” Beth grips us both by the wrists. “I have to do well. This is what I’ve been prepping for for the past three years.”

I open my mouth to tell her that plans can change. But then, what right do I have to tell her that? I’m bending over backwards to keep in the good graces of the FBI, all so I can get some job where I’ll be disrespected constantly unless I make cold decisions like Roger and Frederica make. I wisely ease my mouth closed again and give Beth a sympathetic pat.

“I’m so sorry. I’ve been a shitty study partner lately. I’ll make it up to you, though—we can study for the LSAT together,” I say.

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