"Pull the cord, Ethan! Pull it now!" I screamed into the roaring void, but the wind snatched the words right out of my mouth, tearing them away into the pitch-black abyss.
We were falling at terminal velocity. Gravity yanked at my limbs like lead weights while the
cold night air slammed into my face, freezing the moisture in my eyes. My back was locked tight against Ethan’s chest within the heavy web of the dual harness. His arms wrapped around my torso like bands of solid iron, pinning me flush to his frame so tightly that I could feel every hard line of his body vibrating against mine.
"Keep your legs straight!" Ethan’s voice cut through the screaming gale, his mouth pressed directly against the sensitive curve of my neck. His warm breath was a scorching contrast to the biting frost
