The boy’s eyes were wide, but he reached up.
When they found the boy—no older than seven, trembling on a crumbling pillar of dirt—Ryan dropped to his belly and reached down. Ryan-s Rescue Squad
But as the hovercraft’s belly hatch opened and the boy laughed—actually laughed—at the rush of wind, Ryan knew the truth. The boy’s eyes were wide, but he reached up
Behind them, the hovercraft roared to life, Mira’s voice crackling over the comm: “Thrusters green. Where do you need the pickup?” The boy’s eyes were wide
“What’s the angle?” Jax asked. There was always an angle with Ryan.
Halfway there, a sinkhole opened at Kael’s feet. Jax caught his arm without a word, hauling him up while Ryan fired a grappling line across the chasm. They didn’t stop. They didn’t argue.