His arms went around me, holding me to him. “Enough to tell you that you’ll be safe.”
“Will it hurt?”
“Compared to what you’ve been through? Not at all.”
That wasn’t exactly reassuring.
I took a deep breath. “Okay. Let’s do this.”
Andre handed me a pair of goggles and helped me strap the parachute on. Then he pulled a pair of goggles over his head and fastened his pack on. Once everything was secure, Andre instructed me on how to jump out of a plane, how and when to release the parachute, and how to control my landing.
“I’ll be with you the entire time, so watch me for cues.” He glanced over his shoulder at the front of the plane. “Give me a second to check how high up we are. If there’s anything you want to keep, you better grab it now.”
He walked over to the cabin, and I scrambled to my bag to grab my wallet. As I did so, a letter slipped out. I was about to put it back in my bag when I caught sight of Cecilia’s handwriting.
Child of penance and pain,
Dealer of beauty and bane,
A coin’s been flipped,
The scales tipped,
Nothing will be the same.
Goosebumps broke out along my skin. It was the same letter Cecilia had sent me for my birthday, but the riddle had changed.
How was that possible?
“It’s time to go,” Andre said coming back over to me.
I shoved the card and my wallet in my pockets and followed him to the door of the plane.
“I can’t believe I’m doing this,” I muttered as Andre worked on opening an emergency exit located at the back of the plane. From the glimpse I caught out of a nearby window, the land below us was dark, meaning it was either wilderness, countryside, or water. At least it’s better than certain death.
“Ready?” Andre asked, eyeing me.
I squared my jaw and nodded.
I might be wanted by the entire supernatural community and the devil, but they wouldn’t get me. Not yet.
Andre flung the door open, and together we jumped.
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