Maya's Seeker led them to a highway outside Phoenix. Cars piled up on both sides. Dozens of crashes. Ambulances everywhere.
“What happened?” Julian asked.
A paramedic pointed at the road. “Drivers lost time. One second they were driving. Next second they were fifty feet ahead. No memory of the space between.”
“How many affected?”
“Hundreds. The highway has been closed for six hours.”
Kira closed her eyes. “The fragment is in a truck. A blue semi. The driver is the host.”
“What does the fragment do?”
“It steals seconds. Small amounts. A second here. A second there. The driver doesn't notice. But everyone around him loses time.”
The Truck
They found the blue semi parked behind a gas station. The driver sat in the cab. Eating a sandwich.
Julian knocked on the window. The driver roll
