Silver Preston was supposed to be America’s next figure skating sweetheart—until a brutal injury shattered her Olympic dreams and left her stranded at Yale, miles away from the ice that defined her. All she wants is to stay invisible, to escape the suffocating grip of her former coach-mother, and to outrun the whispers that she’s finished.

But Yale hockey isn’t quiet, and neither is Eli Hayes—the team’s captain, campus golden boy, and infuriatingly unreadable. To Silver, he’s arrogant, cold, and everything she swore she’d avoid. To Eli, she’s reckless, stubborn, and a distraction he can’t afford. Their worlds were never meant to collide—except the rink has a way of pulling broken people back onto the ice.

When gossip turns cruel and secrets from the past threaten to destroy her for good, Silver is forced to decide whether she’ll keep running or fight for the life—and the love—she thought she lost. And as Eli battles his own demons under the unforgiving glare of NHL scouts, their fragile connection becomes the one thing that could save them both…or break them completely.

Full of sharp banter, late-night study sessions, stolen glances at the rink, and the electric push-pull of enemies who might be more, this is a story of ambition, redemption, and the thin line between pride and passion.

Silver didn't make it twenty steps out of the rink before Americus appeared.


"Oh no you don't." She materialized from behind one of the stone pillars near the entrance, arms crossed, still wearing her banquet dress under a Yale Hockey jacket. "We're talking. Right now."


Silver stopped walking. "I'm kind of in the middle of something."


"Yeah, I know. You're in the middle of avoiding me for a week straight." Americus moved to block her path. "Not anymore."


"Save it. I've watched you and Eli do this stupid dance around each other for months. I've kept my mouth shut through the Olympic drama and the gala disaster and whatever the hell happened after the championship game." Her eyes were sharp. Determined. "But now there's an article in the Yale Daily News about my teammate potentially moving to Sweden and his girlfriend found out from the press? That's where I draw the line."


Chapter 212 - Americus Furious