The flight attendant frowned. “I’m sorry?” Rachel removed the blanket and unfastened her seatbelt.
Her posture changed. The exhausted traveler disappeared. “I’m a former U.
S. Air Force fighter pilot,” Rachel said. “I flew F-16s for several years.”
The passenger beside her stared. “You?” Whispers spread through the nearby rows.
Rachel ignored them. The flight attendant stared at her with disbelief and relief.
“Please come with me. Right now.” Rachel stood. She followed the attendant toward the cockpit.
Every step felt like walking backward through time. Back toward the life she had spent years trying to escape.
But the emergency waiting beyond the cockpit door involved far more than an ordinary aircraft malfunction.
Because when Rachel entered the cockpit, she would discover that the jet was being shadowed by an unidentified military aircraft whose pilot was transmitting an old emergency code.
A code connected to the mission that had ended Rachel’s flying career.
A code almost nobody alive should have known. And even more disturbing, the mysterious pilot had already transmitted one message directly to the airliner.
“Tell Morgan I kept my promise.” Rachel had not heard those words in seven years.
Not since the night everyone told her Major Ethan Cole was dead. (I know you’re all very curious about the next part, so if you want to read more, please leave a “YES” comment below!)
