The ice is a cold surface, but for them, it was the only place where they remembered being happy. After being wounded by the people they trusted most, fate hands them a second chance in the form of a childhood love. A bond that resurfaces with a single glance, yet comes with a question burned into their minds: "Don’t you remember me?"
​Their love story has only just begun, but the shadows of the past are not willing to let them go. With vengeance looming over their private lives and sabotage threatening their skating careers, danger is everywhere. Will their light withstand the chill of betrayal, or will they ultimately shatter under the pressure?

The journey from the rink exit to the Kiss and Cry area was a parade of distorted sensations for Aibek. His blades cut through the ice with a hiss muffled by the unanimous shouting from the stands, but he remained secluded within the fortress of his own closed world. His long fingers, hidden beneath the stretched sleeves of his constellation blue outfit, dug with desperate strength into the brown plush of the bear that had just rescued him from emotional exposure. The toy, with its artificial warmth brought by the chance of the stands, remained firmly pressed against his chest, acting as a physical shield against the ISU cameras crowding the sides of the rubber mat hallway.


Chapter 138 - The Bitter Shine of Gold