Graham grabbed her shoulders. “Hey. Twelve hours from now, we’ll have him. We have what we need to make that happen, but we need to be smart about it.”
She swallowed hard and nodded. He was right, but that didn’t mean she had to like it.
“All right. Let’s go,” she said.
He led the way out of the tunnel. Just shy of the entrance, he stopped and dug something out of his pocket. It looked like a clear Lego with electronics inside.
“Firefly beacon?” she asked.
“Yes. Here.” He pulled out another beacon and nine-volt battery from his pocket. “We need to set these up on either side of the tunnel. High enough that someone won’t be able to see them unless they’re looking for them, but so that they’re still visible from the outside.”
Addison snapped the small infrared strobe to the battery. The rock jutted out in places, and they found sections large enough to set the strobes on so nothing blocked them. Even with something in front of it, the infrared strobe would be visible with night vision goggles, but invisible to the naked eye.
The two couples were still on the beach when they exited, but farther down. Addison sat on the rocks below the entrance and took off her shoes.
“What are you doing?” Devon asked.
“Taking a picture of my feet in the Black Sea.” She rolled her pants legs up to her knees and stepped into the water, gasping when the tiny waves lapped at her ankles.
“Cold?”
“Little bit.” She aimed her phone down and snapped the picture.
“Do you really do this or did you just come up with it today?”
She stepped out of the water, back onto the rocks, and used the cuff of her light sweater to dry her feet.
“I really do this.”
Shoes back on, she leaped off the rock onto the sand, turning to look back at the cave one last time. They found it. She closed her eyes and sent out a silent plea.Please let this work and everyone get out of here safely.
