The skating grant was supposed to be Nora’s turning point, but her boyfriend gives it away to another girl. Not long after, her violent father leaves her ankle shattered in a blizzard, and she is left hurt and alone midway through the competition. Still, Nora fights through the pain using a hidden ability no one expected. Years later, she has become a biomechanics genius, while the ex who let her down waits in regret—too late to fit into the life she has built without him.