Summary:

"If this is it," Shane whispered, so quietly only Ilya could hear, "you won't face a single second of it alone."

Ilya closed his eyes. His fingers tightened around Shane's hand with everything he had left.

He saw the fear in Ilya’s eyes.

Then he saw nothing.

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It was supposed to be an ordinary flight. Instead, it becomes the worst day of their lives.

They were never meant to be on the same plane. Then the unthinkable happens. It goes down.

As terrified passengers flee the wreckage, Shane refuses to abandon the man he loves, even as rescuers and survivors alike order him to get out. Trapped beneath twisted metal, Ilya is running out of time. And while they wait for help, the secret they've spent years protecting slips into the hands of strangers with phones.

In an instant, the whole world is watching. Hockey can burn. The headlines can wait.

Shane Hollander has exactly one job: keep Ilya alive.

Because if they survive this, he'll have to protect more than Ilya's life. He'll have to protect everything they've built together against impossible odds.