No Truce, No Trophy

Vera Kwan has one rule: never lose to Bram Novak. She has broken it for four straight seasons. Now he is in her locker room, wearing her team's colors, and the coach wants them to co-captain a playoff run. Bram wants to fight. Vera wants to fight worse. But when a blizzard strands them in one motel room with one bed and a dead heater, the fight turns into something that has nothing to do with hockey. Bram is hiding a shoulder that is one hit from ending him. Vera is hiding a trade request she filed months ago. When it leaks, the playoffs, the team, and the only thing either of them has ever wanted go up in smoke. She has to decide whether losing to him is worse than losing him.