Ryan Talonovich is the star of his college hockey team, until an accident during practice leaves him confined to a wheelchair. The doctors say he'll walk again but a new season is already underway and he's been replaced on the team, which leaves him feeling alone and betrayed. What's the use of fighting to get back on the ice now?<br><br>Then he meets Dante Espinosa, a short track skater on the city's speed skating club. Though he has to work overtime to afford his sport, Dante is hell on ice, and dreams of making the cut on the U.S. Olympic Speedskating Team.<br><br>Their love of the ice brings them together, but too many obstacles stand in their way: Ryan's struggle with therapy. The memory of Dante's first boyfriend. Lack of funding to the event, Dante's harassing boss, a skating friend in love with him, and Wil Dietrich, who will do anything to win.

Power Play

Josey frowns at her sister. “Do you think—”


“I think we need to unpack,” Becca says, rising. When Josey starts to object, Becca cuts her off. “Thanks for letting us sit with you guys.”


“No problem,” Dante tells her. Just don’t make a habit of it,he adds silently.


In the lobby he tries to put as much distance between himself and Josey as he possibly can, pushing Ryan’s wheelchair at an almost breakneck speed towards the elevators. “I’m sorry,” he whispers over and over again. “I didn’t know she’d be like that. I am sosorry.”


“It’s okay,” Ryan tells him. He grips the sides of his wheelchair and laughs when Dante takes a corner on two wheels. “Can you ease up just a little? I don’t want to lose my lunch.”


“I’m sorry,” Dante says again. He slows down, then glances back to see that Josey and Becca are still a ways off, they’re far enough now, so he slows down to a normal pace. “I didn’t mean—”


Chapter 126