Chapter 74

• Noah's POV:
• The morning of the final game arrived with an unsettling stillness. I woke up before the sun did.
• The room was still cloaked in shadows, the only light coming from the streetlamp outside filtering through the half-open blinds. My alarm hadn't gone off yet, but sleep had long abandoned me. I lay there, staring up at the ceiling, heart pounding in a strange mix of anxiety and fire. Today was the day. The finals. The game that could change everything.