Chapter 13Andrei’s text comes in just before Group Two of Skate Canada takes the ice for the short program.
Andrei: Are you watching?
Danny: I promised
Danny: This better be impressive
Andrei: It will be
Andrei’s skating fifth in Group Two. He looks good as he takes the ice, Danny notes, with his new hair color and cut and a costume designed to make him look like a comet. Just as ravishing as he had been blond, but more fiery, more alive.
The music starts, and at first Danny can’t tell what Andrei’s big surprise is going to be. It’s Andrei, so it’s a stunning program, technically perfect, but that’s hardly surprising at this point—and then Andrei goes into a jump entry that Danny can’t quite understand until Andrei’s flying through the air, and then he’s landed and Danny’s hands are
