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At Northcrest Academy, the ice is divided.
Hockey owns the spotlight. Figure skating survives in its shadow.
For Freya Willows, the rink is the only place she feels herself. She's learned how to endure the quiet cruelty of mean girls, the stolen practice time, and the way her sport is treated as if it takes no effort or hard work. She keeps her chin up, her edges sharp, and her expectations low-especially when it comes to people like Nicholas Reed, or what everyone refers to him as, 'Nick.'
He's everything she avoids: the school's cocky hockey captain with effortless popularity and a reputation for being untouchable. Sarcastic, stoic, and maddeningly self-assured, he treats their rivalry like a joke-until circumstances force them onto the same side of the ice.
Thrown together to prepare for the Winter Showcase, their hostility turns into uneasy cooperation, then into something far more dangerous. Late-night practices reveal the cracks in his armor and the quiet strength behind her attitude. But when rumors and sabotage threaten to steal her moment, things start to become more complicated...