"Sometimes the greatest adventures in life are the ones we're most afraid of." He caught those dark eyes in his, brushing his thumb across her forehead to push away the hair that had fallen in front of her face. "You just have to take the ride, go where it leads you." If he had ever stopped flying when he was afraid he wouldn't have picked up the wheel again after the many accidents he'd had. Most people would take it as a hard lesson learned. Conrad took the experience and kept going.