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Wade would spend the rest of his life making every remaining day count.

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COBRA

Cobra had been given three instructions.

Very simple instructions.

Do not touch the aircraft controls.

Do not disturb the rescued men while they slept.

And under no circumstances was he to use explosives inside the cargo plane.

The third instruction felt unnecessarily specific.

Also insulting.

He had never detonated an explosive inside an aircraft.

Not while it was flying.

Fathom sat across from him, working on a secure laptop.

Files moved across the screen.

Names.

Financial records.

Evidence recovered from Black Site Theta.

Very serious things.

Cobra leaned closer.

“What are you doing?”

“Making copies.”

“How many?”

“Twenty-seven.”

“That seems excessive.”

Fathom looked at him.

“You carry eleven explosive charges into grocery stores.”

“That’s different.”

“How?”

Cobra considered the question.

“Grocery stores can be dangerous.”