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“No hesitation,” Eric warned.
“I know.” I bounced on my toes, trying to convince my body not to freeze in fear, as the narrow platform between the subway cars rattled under my feet.
“One, two, three.” Eric leapt off the platform and into the dark.
I dove after him without letting myself consider the deadly stupidity of jumping off a moving train.
Pain shot through my shoulder and sizzled in my face as I hit the ground, skidding across the dirt before rolling to a stop in front of a lit lamppost.
Eric was already standing and brushing imaginary dirt off his black coat by the time I struggled to my knees.
“Why couldn’t we come in through the entrance at Columbus Circle and then go creeping through the back alleys of Beville?” I touched my cheek, hissing in pain as blood coated my f
