escritorabelline
Nicolas Scott is chaos on skates. Captain of the hockey team and heir to a legacy he never asked for, he lives for the ice-the only place where the voice of his father, a former star athlete consumed by alcohol, finally goes silent. After a violent brawl that leaves the rink stained with blood, Nicolas receives an ultimatum from the Dean: maintain perfect grades for ninety days to save his career, or be banished from the only sanctuary he has left. He is impulsive, broken, and desperately alone.
Charlotte Holloway is order amidst the wreckage. A prodigy student with a meticulously planned future, she has built an armor of ice to keep the world at a distance. Charlotte harbors a visceral hatred for hockey players-the same sport that turned her father into a monster and took her mother's life in a tragic accident. She needs an isolated place for her studies, far from the chaos of the dorms, but the only sanctuary available is the annex of a house inhabited by athletes.
The deal is simple and dangerous: Charlotte will get the silence she craves if she can transform hockey's "Bad Boy" into a model student.
They don't recognize each other. To her, he is just another reminder of the man who destroyed her family. To him, she is the arrogant nerd who holds the key to his survival. But hidden beneath his jersey and her turtleneck, both carry the symbols of a promise made over ten years ago in a rain-soaked cemetery: a silver necklace with the letter C and a bronze signet ring.
Between notebooks, freezing practices, and late nights of forced proximity, the line between hatred and salvation begins to blur. In the game of life, the past is a ruthless opponent, and when the masks fall, the checkmate might cost them both their hearts.