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"What about you?" she cried, having to raise her voice over the grohine of the engines

As an iht live She didn't have a chance "Worry only for yourself - "

She cried out when the plane dipped sharply, flinging hi her in place He scraet off this plane"

"I' down her face, each one a knife to the heart

He rubbed her arm "Come on, lass, focus for ines! I don't knohat she's saying!" When Mariketa gazed up at hi he'd seen "Bowen, I can't hear her"

Her heart pounded so wildly, and her breaths were so quick and shallow, he wondered how she re nearly catatonic with fear

Should he push her? Or accept their lot and pray for mercy? He pushed "Witch, listen to me!" He shook her shoulders - hard - until her head lolled No response Another dip sent hi

The sat-phone had fallen from her overturned purse and skittered by him in the aisle He snared it, hit the redial button, and flipped on the GPS beacon

Through the windshield, he could see the water rushing toward theh her fear to reach her

So he sliced open her seat belt and scooped her up Sitting on the floor between the back aisles, he held her in his lap, ar else," he rip he had on her body "Think of your hooin' tae show you Think of blankets of white"

Ah, gods, please let her survive this Please

She shook uncontrollably "Cooin' tae let you be hurt"

If I lose you, I'll follow this tiht

Salt rushed his senses Close "There'sin her ears churning under the water the force of bones shattering A terrible pressure built on her thigh till she felt the flesh and bone giving way