Fly High
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MatureComplete Mon, Nov 24, 202557m
For most people, turbulence is just a bump in the sky.
For Broncos winger Jesse Arthars, it's a full-blown nightmare.
After a near-miss landing shakes his confidence, Jesse's secret fear of flying becomes the one thing he can't out-train, out-run, or out-score. The club's new charter flight attendant, Avaia Lacey-smart-mouthed, stunning, and impossible to ignore-figures it out before anyone else. She handles his mid-air panic with teasing humour, gentle courage... and a spark he can't shake.
Soon the whole team notices Jesse's new calmness in the sky-and how it only shows up when Avaia's on board. Between away games, whispered conversations at 30,000 feet, and a chemistry that could set off the smoke alarm, Jesse starts to wonder if his biggest risk isn't flying-it's falling.
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