THEY TOOK A ROUTE THAT went through a small corner of the city. Businesses, mostly, although a few old brownstone apartment buildings flew by them as Mallory put the Mercedes up to speeds much higher than the posted limits. Garnett’s vague directions of “turn here” or “take the inside lane” weren’t giving her much to go on, but she was not going to waste any time getting wherever it was he wanted them to go.
“I could use a little more information here,” she said, not for the first time. “I know I don’t know as much as you do about this world, but I want to save Brendan, too. Tell me what we’re doing, please?”
With a heavy sigh, he turned his head to face the window, but she could tell he was ready to let his secret go. About time, she thought to herself.
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