t heavy. The rhythmic clatter of t

heart skipped a beat. He crouched dow

tried to soften his voice, but it still

nd his back. He glared at

Leo said in flawles

hostility radiating from a four-year-old. A

th a sudden, unsettling realization. "Their profiles... they bear a

ting familiarity intensified. He reached his

ightning speed. He looked

her. She remembered the safety rule

, pointing her chubby

awkwardly in the empty air

is thumb against his index fi

of the corridor and screamed at th

epped out of t

Axel. "He tried to take my sis

his is Car 7. I need Transit Police to the first-class corridor immediately. We have a hostile

with fury. "This is a misunders

nd the children, holding his arms ou

show his badge, but the con

rs poked their heads out. Phones appeare

the conductor's leg and

nger, a bizarre, sharp ache twisted in his c

Mia backward, actin

car banged open. Two armed transit

on their belts, their hand

e lead officer barked. "Hands whe

e was the CEO of Sterling Financial. He commanded bill

hed into his breast pocket, moving very slowl