Summary

At school, Amat meets his friends, Lifa and Zacharias. They are social outcasts, and Zacharias gets picked on by Bobo, a large bully and member of the junior hockey team. Kevin recalls an incident when he was in child and he got lost in Hed, a nearby town. When he failed to meet his father at the car at the correct time, his father left him and he had to walk home. He then remembers getting beat up by members of a rival hockey team and how Benji came to his rescue and threw himself into the fight. Kevin arrives at school, and he is noticed by Maya. Ana teases her for looking at him. Amat, meanwhile, is watching Maya, and Zacharias teases him liking her.

In Chapter 8, David considers his team. A boy named William Lyt is very good, but slow. David...