CHAPTER 44“What is she doing here?” Mara asked. “What does she want?”
“I don’t know, but she seems to know a lot about us, so I’m sure it’s not happenstance that we encountered her at this time and this place,” Ping said.
Another vehicle exploded somewhere beyond the smoky haze. Everyone jumped as they huddled next to the cement truck. There was no way to tell if Tran—or Mara—continued to lob explosive orbs at them or if the residual fires from the exploded meteor claimed another vehicle victim.
Sam leaned toward his sister. “There’s something I need to tell you.”
Mara shook her head and pulled back. “No more talk. You guys need to make your way to the restaurant.”
“What do you intend to do?” Ping asked.
Without no flesh on her face, Mara was certain her mentor could not see the grim
