Part I Nick sat in the cockpit of the small Cessna, his fingers curling around the yoke as the plane vibrated with the steady hum of the engine. It was his seventh lesson with Colton, and despite the growing familiarity with the controls, his pulse quickened every time they took off. Flying had always been a distant dream—an impossible one, he’d once thought—but now, here he was, hurtling down the runway, lifting into the air ...