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Logan is already running through plans with his men. Checking things off a list. And I have to give

him credit—because when he told me he was gonna retire two years ago I pictured him lying on a

beach somewhere getting soft and fat. But this team is top-notch. The whole operation says

‘professional.’

Logan’s voice comes through the headset tinny and crackling. “Ten minutes out.”

I settle into my chair, then glance over at Megan and realize her harness isn’t fastened.

“Here,” I say into the mic. “Let me help you.”

She scoots away from me when my hands reach for the harness behind her shoulders, then realizes

what I’m doing and… sort of relaxes. A little.

“You’re not wearing yours,” she says, her voice thin and faraway in the headset. “No one else is

wearing theirs.”

“Yeah, well. They do this shit for money. They don’t get paid if they fall out of a helicopter so

they’re not gonna fall out. At least not by accident. So you’re gonna put yours on.”

The guys behind us elbow each other when I strap Megan into her harness, but I ignore them.

“Three minutes,” Logan says.

I glance at Megan and find her chewing her lip. “You OK?” I ask.

“Mmm-hmm,” she hums, turning her head away from me to look out the window.

I place a hand on her leg and give it a squeeze. “It’s fine. It will all be fine.”

She side-eyes me. Just a little. But mostly she ignores me.

“We’re interior now,” a voice comes through the comms. Our decoys on the island. “Heading

towards the coordinates. No blowback so far.”

“Perfect,” Logan replies back. “We’re touching down in ninety seconds.”

I reach over and start unclipping Megan from her harness, but she brushes my hand off and finishes

releasing it herself. “Stupid,” she mutters.

I know what she’s thinking. This feels off. This feels wrong. She’s been lied to.

She’s thinking that because it’s all true.

But I did warn her. I specifically told her.

She has no idea who I am.

But after she let that shit slip out last night about her work… I know exactly who she is.

“Just so everyone’s clear,” I say into the mic as we speed towards the interior of the island, “I’m in