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Chapter 72
Author: Kelly
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"ETA three minutes!"

The helicopter pilot screamed over the sound of gunfire rising from the island below. Jayce could see the chaos even from the air. Fires burning. People running. Bodies on the beach.

"How many hostiles?" Jayce demanded, strapping on body armor despite his broken ribs.

"We count at least two hundred! More coming from the water! They're coordinated! Professional!" The pilot banked hard to avoid incoming fire. "Sir, we can't land! The LZ is hot!"

"Then I jump!" Jayce moved to the open door.

"That's a forty-foot drop onto rocks! You'll die!"

"I'll die anyway if I don't help them!" Jayce looked at Frost's soldiers. "Who's with me?"

Five of them stood, checking their gear. Ready.

"On three!" Jayce counted down. "One! Two! THREE!"

They jumped. The fall seemed to last forever. Then Jayce hit the ground hard, rolled, came up firing. His ribs screamed but adrenaline pushed the pain away.

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