At seven feet tall, Elias Varek dominates the NHL in ways no one dares challenge—ferocious on the ice, untouchable off it. But behind the roar of the crowd and the chaos of the rink, only one person sees the man beneath the armor: his adoptive mother. When sports journalist Kiera Donovan enters his world, Elias is forced to confront the walls he’s built around himself—and the softer truths he’s never allowed anyone else to see.