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 echo of the protocol applause from the victory ceremony still buzzed in Aibek's ears as he walked back through the subterranean hallways of the Capital Indoor Stadium. The gold medal—heavy and of an immaculate gold that reflected the glare of the stadium spotlights—hung from his neck over his official Tokyo jacket, but he felt it like a lead shackle. His hands, hidden once more in the loose fit of his elastic sleeves, did not brush against the medal's metal; instead, his long fingers sought the edge of his sweatshirt's blue fabric, pulling it down with a mechanical, obsessive, and absent desperation that betrayed his total submission to the deep sadness encompassing him.


Chapter 139 - The Geometry of Isolation