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“We’re here,” Ariadne said suddenly. The car came to a stop and shuddered a bit as Ariadne shifted it into park.
I drifted out of the shallow sleep that I had fallen into. It was light enough outside for me to see everyone as they sat up and rubbed their eyes. Wait. Why was it light outside? I looked around, dazed, and realized that I was able to see because the van was parked in a city. Outside us were lonely streets and yellow streetlamps.
“Where are we?” I said.
“Lawrence, Massachusetts,” said Ariadne.
“Why are we in a city?” Ash demanded. She seemed to have woken up quickly. Or, perhaps, she had never really been asleep. “Goldie’s definitely going to find us here.”
“Have you ever heard of hiding in plain sight?” Ariadne replied gruffly. “Goldie isn’t going to expect us to hide
