NIKOLAI
I gripped the armrests so tightly my knuckles had gone white. The leather creaked beneath my fingers. My whole body was rigid with restraint, as if forcing myself to be still would keep me from snapping. Every nerve in me screamed to move, to do something. But all I could do was sit and wait, and the waiting was killing me.
The second Liam got the okay to land, I had to force myself not to storm into the cockpit and demand we go faster. I could already see the ground rushing toward us through the narrow window, but it wasn’t fast enough.
I needed to get to Terri.
A suffocating pressure coiled my ribs. It felt like I had been holding my breath for days now. I knew I did a well enough job keeping my cool in front of Tyce, trying to hold myself together as a leader. But, inside, I
