He Waited by the Runway

Chase has always been grounded - loyal, disciplined, steady. Skye, on the other paw, lives for the clouds. She's daring, radiant, always reaching for the sky. Together, they were unstoppable - until her dream called her away.

Chosen for an elite international flight squadron, Skye leaves Adventure Bay for a year-long deployment across the world, flying rescue missions in disaster zones, chasing storms, and saving lives. It's everything she ever wanted - but it means leaving behind the pup who's never stopped watching the sky for her.

Chase doesn't tell her to stay. He can't. Instead, every night, he walks to the airstrip and waits by the runway, watching her jet disappear into the horizon whenever she returns, and again when she leaves.

They promised to keep in touch. But calls get missed. Letters stop coming. Rumors of a failed mission begin to circulate. And all Chase has left is silence... and that cold stretch of tarmac where he once whispered, "Come back to me."

As weeks turn into months, Chase is left questioning everything - did she forget him? Did something happen? Or... is there something she was never able to say?

When a strange package shows up at the lookout, containing Skye's flight badge and a note with no return address, Chase must confront the truth - and follow the trail that might lead him back to her... or to goodbye.