The Ice Between Us:Broken PromisesUpdated at Jul 23, 2026, 20:31
Rowan Mercer was my first friend.My first love.My first heartbreak.And the first person to teach me that people don't always stay.Once upon a time, he was the boy sneaking through my bedroom window at midnight,the boy who knew all my secrets and made me believe he'd always be there.Then, without a goodbye, he disappeared.I spent five years convincing myself I didn't care.I built a new life.A promising ice-skating career.A perfect boyfriend.A place at the top of Frostheaven University's social ladder.I had everything I could ever want.Or at least, that's what I thought.Until the morning I discovered my boyfriend and my best friend had been keeping a secret from me.Until the biggest event of the year paired me with the last person I ever wanted to see again.Rowan Mercer.He's colder now.Angrier.A hockey star with bruised knuckles, haunted eyes, and enough rumors following him to keep the entire campus talking.And somehow, after five years of silence, he still remembers exactly how to say my name.I should hate him for leaving.I should hate him for coming back.But every time our eyes meet across the ice, I find myself wondering if the boy who disappeared five years ago ever really wanted to leave me in the first place.Because the more I uncover about Rowan's return, the more I realize that the story I've spent five years believing might have been a lie.And a long time family feud we always overlooked might just be more than we thought it was.