Extraits

« It was more than I’d ever experienced with another human being, and if I never felt this way again, I could die knowing I’d touched the sky right there in his arms, without getting in a plane to do so. »

« So basically the whole fucking Navy was counting on me, Solo, the reckless motherfucker to take their golden boy up in the air, fly him around at thirty thousand feet, and remind him why he loved to risk his life every day when he woke up in the morning.

Sure, no problem. »

« You’re looking at me funny.”

“Am I? And here I thought I was just looking at you.”

I swallowed, a sudden case of nerves making me feel as anxious as I had on my first date ever, and all because Panther was looking at me as though he were seeing me for the first time.

Trying to muster up some of that bravado I was so well known for, I scoffed and settled back in my seat. “Oh yeah? And what do you see?”

[... ]

“I see a man I wasn’t looking for. A man I didn’t even know was there, until right now. And Solo?”

“Yeah?”

“I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather be than sitting with him in this car right now, holding his hand. »