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CHAPTER 33

KURT AUSTIN WAS TRAPPED IN THE LAVATORY HE’D SNUCK aboard the plane with thearound and had hidden hio co a dozen cupped handfuls of water from the small faucet, he’d stepped up on the toilet so no one could see his feet

With the curtain drawn, he waited and listened Crates and big stacks of equip as so heavy was dropped and then the voices of the pilots as they cliht deck

Eventually he’d heard the sound of harsher voices ordering someone around In response, a wolish; “Okay, okay Stop pushing me”

Kurt felt certain it was the woman from the hall, who he believed to be Kiht plane

A fewto life With Kurt holding on and trying desperately not to slip fro boat taxied onto the runway, ran its engines up to full power and accelerated down the surprisingly rough lake bed The takeoff seelad when the plane finally clawed its way into the air

Based on the slow pace of the clith of the roll out, they had to be fully loaded and heavy with fuel Thatjourney

In a way, that played into his hands Sooner or later soo to the bathrooet a chance to talk with her If it was one of the pilots, he would stick the pistol in the man’s face and take over the plane If it was one of Leilani’s guards, it would be the last thing the man ever did

As it turned out, one of Jinn’s guards was the first to feel the call

Two hours into the flight, Kurt heard thetoward him from the rear of the aircraft He put the pistol away, pulled out the knife and pressed himself as far to the side as possible in the closet-sized space

The rabbed the curtain, yanked it aside but didn’t step in

Kurt had the knife out ready to strike, but the guy was looking back down the aisle of the plane, shouting so at his oords even as he spoke

Finally he turned and stepped in Kurt grabbed hi it over his mouth, as he drove the knife into his back just below the nape of his neck

With the spinal column severed, thehisforth Gently, he sat the ht was gone from them

He pulled the knife out No reaction