Salvage by Alexa Gregory

Author:Alexa Gregory [Gregory, Alexa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alexa Gregory

Roller derby was fascinating to watch.

Seriously.

It was way more intense than I could’ve guessed. You say roller derby, and all I imagine are those old-school roller skate dances. Poodle skirts and cutesy pop music from the ‘50s.

Yeah. This isn’t that.

These women could teach footballers a thing or two about blocking.

Violet looped around the track, passing the other team’s pack. Her own teammates created a hole for her with elbows and just about any maneuver they could pull.

Round, round, round. Each go gathered speed. Increased danger. Heartrates, too.

Her opponents were none too happy with her rapid sweeps through their ranks. One of them broke away and tripped Violet. The collision sent her crashing to the floor. If she hadn’t been at a turn, she would have been free and clear.

She skidded across the hardwood.

Watching her fall was a shot to the heart.

Not in a good way.

I jumped to my feet, my hands gripping my snapback. The squeak of skin against the floor and the thud of her body whacking into the boards were sharp pains to my gut.

There was nothing I could do.

I couldn’t run down to her. Vi would have my ass if I did that, anyway.

She slowly got to her feet, using the boards to hoist up. She moved her left wrist in small, tentative circles. Her winces were jabs to the solar plexus. I edged a step toward the aisle as I tried to read her emotions from my vantage point.

You can’t even do that when she’s in your arms.

I shoved the thought away as Violet hit her hips. The sign to stop the clock. The player who knocked Violet down skated up to her, and they exchanged pleasantries.

Like they were the best of friends.

Not like the chick had made her eat wood.

Women were baffling. If that was me on the ice – even during a friendly game with the guys from Station 1 and 3 – I would’ve lost my damn mind.

I stuffed my hands into my pockets and rocked on my heels before forcing myself back into my seat. The couple beside me gaped; no doubt they judged me for my visceral reaction.

“That’s my lady,” I explained lamely.

“First game, huh?” one of them asked with a chuckle.

“Yeah,” I answered, taking off my hat. I scraped my scalp and ran my hair back with way more force than needed. It cleared my head.

Fuck, I hope Vi is okay.

She wouldn’t walk away from the game. Even if she was badly hurt. That wasn’t her style. I’d seen Violet finish a fight with a cracked rib.

“Better take a breath, bud. That was nothing.”

Figured. Thanks, Tips.

Maybe I wasn’t cut out to watch. It was a good time, for sure, but seeing the woman I love get rammed into a board turned up the macho nob all the way to eleven. This reaction wasn’t new. The intensity of it? That was.

The rest of the game was much of the same, but Violet managed to not get hurt despite the other team’s best efforts.

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