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    When Shane Hollander takes a brutal hit late in the season, Ilya Rozanov sees something on the ice he cannot ignore. The fear of losing someone who has become far more than a rival, a secret, or a mistake. So he does the only thing he believes will keep them both safe: he walks away.

    He doesn’t go to the cottage that summer.
    He doesn’t answer the calls.
    He returns to Russia and tries to build a life that doesn’t revolve around Shane Hollander.

    But some choices don’t stay in the past, and some people are impossible to forget.

    This is the story of what might have happened if Ilya had chosen to let Shane go and what the summer between them would look like.

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