Final Period (An MM Hockey Romance)

By: Sloane Fox

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They survived the collision. They endured the silence. Now comes the reckoning.

Six years. That’s how long Jax Mercer and Viktor Sokolov have been hiding in plain sight. On the ice, they are legends—veterans, leaders, the heart of a championship team. In the shadows, they are a family of two, bound by a love that has survived distance, trade deadlines, and the crushing weight of a double life.

They have perfected the performance. They believe they are safe.

Then Marcus Webb walks into their locker room.

He is the league’s cautionary tale—a young player shattered by a public outing, broken by the very system Jax and Viktor have learned to navigate. Seeing him is like looking into a mirror. For the first time, their silence feels less like survival and more like complicity. And watching Marcus drown while they hold the rope becomes a weight they can no longer carry.

But the world isn't ready to let them go.

As the Russian Federation weaponizes Viktor’s family and Jax’s father delivers a final, devastating ultimatum, the walls they built begin to crumble. A leak exposes their cracks. A terrifying injury strips away their masks.

Safety is no longer an option.

Jax and Viktor face their final choice: protect the legacy they’ve built, or burn it all down to save the love they were never supposed to have.