When the island volcano erupts and buries neighborhoods, life gets very exciting for helicopter tour pilot, Keoni. His home is threatened by rapidly spreading lava, so he’s staying with his lifelong friend Steve. Keoni has never felt any chemistry between them before, but his feelings for Steve change as things turn deadly even in supposedly safe areas.<br><br>Keoni carries newsmen, cameramen, officials, politicians, and performs rescues on flight after flight. As his home is destroyed and more neighborhoods crumble, his emotions run high, and his feelings for Steve grow. But he screws things up between them as he leaves for his last flight of the day, maybe of his life. Could things get any worse?

Throwing Shadows at Fire

“I’d love to. By the way, my name is Sam, Sam Blake.”


I worried about telling him I was gay. What if he was just being a dick? What if he wasn’t, then what? I hardly knew the man. At least he wouldn’t try to kill me while he was in the helicopter. He’d need me alive to fly the damn thing. I gave him a rather confused smile and put it all out of my mind.


“Do you want me to narrate where we’re going and what I’m doing, what we’re seeing?”


We put on the headsets, and I ran a quick check like I always do. I told myself my usual mantra, the short version that just reminded me to breathe and be calm, and we were off, back into the darkness, with the Milky Way rising above the horizon and the shadows and the fire down below.


Chapter 10