Under Her Gaze

Cordelia Romanov spent her entire life believing that love was a reward for perfection.

Raised by strict parents, she got used to measuring her worth in grades, medals, and flawless jumps. At eighteen, she is invited to train at Sambo-70 in Moscow, under the command of the demanding Eteri Tutberidze. For any skater, it would be a dream.

For Cordelia, it's just another opportunity to prove she's still not good enough. Until she meets Eteri.

Between exhausting training sessions, secrets heavier than any competition, and an unexpected friendship with a girl, she begins to discover that some people see far beyond the results on the ice.

But learning to be loved may be much harder than learning a quadruple jump.

A story about trauma, recovery, friendship, and the slow process of finding a place where it's finally possible to breathe.