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For ten years, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov built a life together in the spaces between hockey seasons, cross-country flights, and stolen moments. They had plans for the future - dogs, a family, a home that belonged to both of them. They thought they had time.
Then Ilya's plane disappears.
In the final moments before what he believes is a fatal crash, Ilya sends Shane a series of goodbye messages he never expects to survive long enough to regret. But the messages never send. The plane vanishes without a trace, leaving behind devastated families, unanswered questions, and a grief that consumes everyone left behind.
For Shane, the next five years are an exercise in survival. He searches. He waits. He grieves. And eventually, with the help of old friends, therapy, and the unexpected return of someone from his past, he begins to build a life he never wanted but learns to love. A life without Ilya.
Then, five years later, the impossible happens.
The missing plane lands.
For the passengers, only a few hours have passed.
For everyone else, half a decade is gone.
Suddenly thrust into a world that moved on without him, Ilya must confront everything he lost - including the man he never stopped loving. Shane has a wife now. A future. A life built from the wreckage Ilya left behind. And the dreams they once shared belong to someone else.
As strange visions begin haunting the passengers and impossible questions emerge about where the plane really went, Shane and Ilya find themselves forced together once more. But love doesn't erase five years of grief, and second chances come with a price.
Some wounds never heal.
Some loves never fade.
And some people find their way home only after losing everything.