Page 231 of Scars of Fate

My blood went cold.

The Geneva drive was protected by more than the bank.

Even if we reached the box, we couldn’t decrypt Fate without Lucas.

That was why Meridian had watched him.

Why Ghost had forced him to leave me.

Why General Kane had kept him inside the Brave.

Lucas wasn’t only marked for death.

He carried the key to the most dangerous intelligence weapon ever created.

Minser extended one hand.

“Give me the tag, and I’ll let Wynn live.”

Lucas looked at me.

I saw his decision before he made it.

He would surrender.

For me.

Again.

I caught his wrist.

“No.”

“Wynn.”

“Not this time.”

Minser’s expression hardened.

“You have ten seconds.”

I tightened my grip on Lucas.

Behind Minser, the aircraft engines roared louder.

Ghost’s voice came through our radios.

“Five seconds.”

“For what?” Adam asked.

The runway lights went dark.

Every light.

Total blackness swallowed us.

Ghost shouted one word.