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We had to access the cargo hold and jump from there in order to avoid getting sucked into the engines, so we removed an access panel in the Gulfstream’s cabin wall and set it aside. Cold air blasted out of the dark hole at hurricane force.

While the others prepared to jump, I unzipped one of the tiny pouches sewn into my black fatigues and pulled out the wedding rings. I rubbed them again, felt the embossed patterns in the metal, and kissed them once more.

Today was supposed to be our wedding day, not the day we both might die.

No, I told myself. That’s NOT going to happen.

I’m putting this on your finger TODAY, Lily. I swear it.

Then I replaced the rings and zipped them up tight and secure.

Everyone else was finally ready. Leo grabbed his AR-15 and disappeared through the hatch. Exactly twenty seconds later, Juan crawled in after him.

Twenty seconds after that, Johnny slapped my shoulder. “Go. I’ll be right behind you.”

My heart pounding, I crawled into the darkness and tried to reme