Ice Between Rivals

When Kwon Taekjoo leaves South Korea to study international relations at a prestigious university in Russia, he plans to keep a low profile-focus on his studies, graduate quietly, and return home.
That plan shatters the moment he crosses paths with Zhenya, the university's infamous star hockey player.

Born into a powerful Russian chaebol family and treated like royalty on campus, Zhenya is arrogant, reckless, and used to getting everything he wants. With his striking looks, dangerous charm, and a reputation both on and off the ice, he's the last person Taekjoo wants anything to do with.
Unfortunately, Zhenya seems very interested in him.

What begins as constant clashes-sharp words in lecture halls, heated arguments in the hockey arena, and tense encounters across campus-slowly turns into something far more complicated. Beneath Zhenya's teasing provocations lies an unsettling fascination with the quiet, stubborn foreign student who refuses to be intimidated by him.

And beneath Taekjoo's irritation grows a reluctant awareness that the man he thought was nothing more than a spoiled athlete might be hiding something deeper.

Between rivalry, late-night confrontations, and moments that blur the line between hostility and attraction, the distance between them begins to melt.

But loving someone like Zhenya-someone surrounded by power, secrets, and expectations-might be far more dangerous than Taekjoo ever anticipated.

Their story begins as enemies.
Whether it ends in love... is another game entirely.

disclaimer: this cover is not mine but intended to use as a purpose to represent my new codename anastasia fanfic the credit goes to the original artist however if they wish for the illustration to not be used it can be taken down afterwards.