Lucien has been shipwrecked on a remote south Pacific island. For the first few months he is alone. When Edgar arrives, Lucien is elated he finally has someone to talk to, to share experiences with. Through Edgar, Lucien even discovers things about himself he’d long since forgotten.<br><br>A massive tropical storm brings with it more than wind and rain. It brings a man called Abel. Strangely, when Abel arrives on the island, Edgar disappears. Despite searching for his dear friend, Lucien cannot find him, but the forbidden feelings initially unlocked by Edgar are further explored with Abel, and Lucien finds himself falling in love.<br><br>Then the cannibals arrive, bringing with them a second shipwreck survivor. What Lucien and Abel witness is unspeakable, but being unarmed and with danger so close, can they themselves survive? Or is their love doomed before it has a chance to blossom?

Under Azure Skies

He arrived at the signal fire minutes later and dropped to his knees. He picked up the fire rocks, though his hands were shaking so much he couldn’t strike them properly.


“Come on. Come on,” he mumbled, each time more emphatic than the last. “Come on!”


After several attempts and quite a bit of blue language, he got the fire going, blowing on it until the tiny flames took. Soon, the bonfire was ablaze, and Lucien had to step back. But the smoke wasn’t thick enough, or dark enough. He had to make the people on board the ship see it. He hadto!


He ran to the edge of the jungle, grabbing at anything he could find. He broke off great branches of green leaves, and tore at vines. Each armful he threw onto the fire until a thick column of dark grey smoke billowed into the air, rising high over the island.


Chapter 18