Kiri was looking for Brodie. Liam was looking for calm. Neither of them were looking for each other. An afternoon visit to the beach turns into a chaotic fight for survival when a storm barrels in. Liam and Kiri are isolated with an eclectic group of strangers in Cave Rock. But when the tide turns and the group are driven from the cave, not everyone makes it out. Lashed by wind and rain, Kiri and Liam go in search of the missing person. Weathering the storm together will take all their strength, but everyone has their breaking point. Will their nascent bond survive the experience, or will their differences drive them apart?

Paua was just looking for some time out in the bush, taking her trusty thermos with her, when she heard a cry for help. 

Check out this short story, now published in Tales in the Waitākere Ranges.