hand on Max's shou
worry. I'll make her regret it!Take good care o
y and not act recklessly, otherwise, one might get hurt. But Max only remembers his mother sayi
s chilling in a child so young, darting throug
let exit. Max shadowed them, using clusters of travelers
h. A driver held the rear door open. As
ucked low, out of the driver's line of sight, and drove the sharpest
hiss.
doing?" a bodyguard shou
ed arm and, in the same fluid motion, slapped a small,
then turned and ran. As he ran, he pulled out a cheap
WHUMP that echoed off the station walls. A thick
f it, lurched violently and sank onto i
terror, and stumbled backward, co
en. Alistair Sterling-Vanderbilt emerg
. He took in the ruined tire, the smoke, the hysterica
gure, just about to disap
sence of the man. The air around him seeme
ection, his young voice ringing with conviction. "Th
ies," assuming the man w
or six, had just used a sophisticated device to disabl
red his parting sh
commanded, his voi
ng he couldn't name-interest, alarm, and a profound sense o
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