Chapter 1The scratch of metal on metal and the grind of brakes jolted Todd awake. Nick was heavy against Todd’s side. He must have been cold, he had his nose pressed solidly into Todd’s ribcage. Todd wondered why the position didn’t hinder Nick’s breathing.
Todd heard something scurrying between them and the train yard, but he couldn’t see what it was. Whatever it was moved closer to the trains and crunched almost inaudibly along the gravel near the tracks. Enough hours had passed since fleeing the territorial army and taking cover near the train yard that it was dark. They’d been waiting for the cover of deep night, when the place would be almost deserted and any external lights were dimmed, to hop onto a freight train and escape, not only the city, but the soldiers pursuing them. Todd y
