People stood frozen as the woman streaked by, sword in hand. Rani expected her to take the stairs leading up to street level. But the woman kept running, ignoring each exit. Reaching the end of the platform, she leaped down to the tracks and disappeared into the tunnel from which the train had emerged.
Rani slumped onto a bench on the platform, ignoring the babble erupting around her. Well, she’d wanted a story—and she’d found one. She just would’ve preferred one people might believe.
CASE RODE THE University subway with Fader. Northbound from St. Andrew, as instructed by her Voice. She waited for more instructions, but at each stop—Osgoode, then St. Patrick—she heard only the same whispered command.
Stay.
Stay.The next station was Queen’s Park.
Along the way, Fader had related Adi’s
