Lilia lost her heart completely when Montgomery commandeered a bike from a loyal citizen, failing to mention to said citizen that his motorbike would be hot if and when it ever returned to New Gotham to be claimed.
He also gave the citizen the name and service number of some cop named Dimitri.
He got a ping on his palm about Lilia’s nefarious deed as they were getting on the bike. “Let’s get out of here,” he said and she agreed.
Montgomery drove nearly as fast as she would have done.
He headed for the tunnel and it could have been instant replay if it hadn’t been late afternoon. The Geiger on the bike ticked up a storm when they emerged in the old city. The sky was already darkening into evening. Lilia heard the wolves, just as she had before, but they weren’t so close.
Maybe it was t
