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Chapter 644 No One Dies Chapter 644 No One Dies Yet the content of that secret message could not have been more different . ས ཛཱ 48 % +10 Free Coins What Joaquin had really wanted to say was , " Put a hand on the yoke and the pilot can escape . Quinn , will it be your life ... or Julius ' ? " Her answer had been simple : no one dies today . Once Raymond and Julius - along with the still - entranced Laura - jumped down , Quinn kept one hand on the yoke .

Her other hand flew between the miniature computer on her lap and the blinking panels , coding overrides faster than the warning alarms could screech . Only three minutes remained . She had no hope of finding the bomb in that sliver of time , let alone defusing it . All she could do was cheat the detonation clock , trick the onboard system , and bleed altitude -dropping below the mandated thousand - meter ceiling . Eight hundred ... seven hundred ... five hundred meters - the numbers tumbled on the altimeter .

Every second , the strain of the rapid descent pressed against her ribs , a crushing invisible fist that dared her to black out . At best , she managed to persuade the bomb to hesitate - five scant heartbeats and no more . Five seconds left her no time to wrestle into a parachute . She kicked open the hatch and hurled herself into the empty sky , trusting that the sea would be kinder than the earth . Behind her , the doomed helicopter kept knifing toward the abandoned stretch of sand that had been plotted as its grave . Moments later , Raymond landed safely with Julius and Laura.

Across the horizon , a dull boom rolled toward them . They swung east - southeast and saw it - an orange fist of flame punching skyward , trailed by a coil of oily smoke . The bird just blew ! Where's Captain Bridger ? Is she ave ? Worry knotted Raymond's brow . He trusted Quin's skill , yet five seconds felt cruelly short . Could anyone really cheat death from that altitule ? His comm - unit crackled alive . " Ray , report ! What's happening over there ? We've lost contact with the captain ! " a teammate shouted through the static .

||| 1/3 18:24 Fri , Dec 26 R Chapter 644 No One Dies 48 % +10 Free Coins Raymond answered without hesitation . " The helicopter went down near the deserted beach southeast of us . Initiate immediate search - and - rescue for Quinn . Also , dispatch a vehicle to my location ; Julius and Laura require hospital evaluation . " Once the call ended , Raymond glanced at Julius still unconscious beneath a web of medical gauze . Back on the helicopter , the man had tried to stay behind with Quinn , ready to die at her side . If she perished tonight , how would he survive the grief ?

And Julius was not merely any husband - he held the reins of the Whitethorn dynasty . People whispered that madness ran in that bloodline . If he lost Quinn , would he spiral as his father once did ? " No. It won't come to that ," Raymond muttered , a chill pricking his spine . He shook himself hard , as though the motion could fling the nightmare away . Quinn is unbreakable - four years retired or not , she has danced through storms of bullets and lived . She will live tonight too . The night stretched Gavin's nerves to their thinnest wire .

When word arrived that Joaquin Whitethorn was dead , he believed the day could not grow darker . True , the man had earned his fate , yet the Whitethorns had once sheltered the Huxleys , and the loss sat heavy on Gavin's chest . " But the universe had another blow waiting : Quinn had vanished . Missing - no clearer word for it ." The Ministry of Defense reached the blasted shore within minutes , picking through wreckage strewn across sand and floating on the tide , yet Quinn was nowhere to be found .

Military and police vessels now combed the surrounding waters , nets of searchlights sweeping the waves . Gavin drove straight to the hospital . The moment Gavin stepped through the sliding doors of the emergency ward , the scent of disinfectant stung his nose , and the fluorescent lights painted everything a sterile white . On the nearest bed lay Julius , motionless beneath a thin hospital blanket , IV drip threaded into the back of his hand .

Beside the bed stood a tall , broad - shouldered man in combat fatigues- Raymond Flint , one of Quinn Bridger's former Falcon Special Forces operatives , the very man who had pulled Julius from the helicopter moments before it exploded . ||| く 2/3 18:24 Fri , Dec 26 R Chapter 644 No One Dies 48 % +10 Free Coins " I owe you , truly . You protected Julius and brought him back in one piece . For that , you have my deepest thanks ." " You should be thanking our captain . She handel him over to me and ordered me to keep him breathing .

I only followed her command ." " What about Quinn - any word on her ? " It had been nearly an hour since Gavin first learned that Quinn had gone missing . Time enough , he kept telling himself , for the search teams to turn up something - anything . " I spoke with the Ministry of Defense two minutes ago . They still haven't located her ." Gavin's stomach dropped ; dread pooled where hope had tried to sit.Please let her be safe . Because if she wasn't , Julius would shatter . Suddenly , the patient on the bed twitched .

Julius eyes flew open , pupils unfocused at first , then sharpening to a blade's edge . " Quinn - where is she ? She's all right , isn't she ? " " The helicopter exploded near the beach . Military and police have launched a full sweep . Good news should come soon ." 3/3 Sara Lili Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland's breathtaking cold.