Page 278 of Scars of Fate

No release.

Silence.

Then Boone whispered, “I think we’re alive.”

Russ looked at him.

“Don’t sound so disappointed.”

“I’m cautiously optimistic.”

Hawk grabbed a portable detector from the emergency equipment and moved it through the vapor.

Everyone waited.

The screen remained green.

“The inner seal held.”

Wynn’s body relaxed beneath mine.

I lowered my forehead to hers.

“You came back.”

“I promised.”

I kissed her.

Not desperate.

Not rushed.

A soft kiss filled with more gratitude than passion.

When I lifted my head, her eyes glistened.

“I could get used to that.”

“So could I.”

Adam walked closer.

“I hate to interrupt.”

I sighed.

“It’s becoming a habit.”

“But we still need to leave.”

Colonel Demir had opened the maintenance hatch.

A tunnel led beneath the runway toward the control tower.

The airfield workers began moving through it.

Ghost knelt beside the disabled servers and their sealed containment modules.