The Don Took My Ice Crown, So I Made the Whole Arena Crown Me

"I'm sorry, Valentina,"" my coach said. ""But the final roster has been confirmed. There wasn't a mistake."

I stood outside the administration office for almost five minutes, staring at the sheet taped to the board.

My name was gone.

Under the National Ice Training Grant, where Valentina Moretti should have been, was Bianca Bellini instead.

My first thought was that something had gone wrong with the roster. Then I saw the Romano family guarantee stamped into the review column, and I understood Dante Romano had done it. He had made his family people alter the files and take my spot from me.