Chapter Ten
The Ball-Game House, Praha 1
The garden outside looked empty. Concrete steps traced the grassy hill up to a pair of potted plants and a paved walkway; the whole space was wide open, with little in the way of bushes or trees for concealment.
Xiu peered through the glass of the heavy wooden doors, checking for movement. The smartwatch Olesya had given her told her it was mid-morning, but there was no one around out there.
She had propped Sophia, Jay and Nasira on a row of chairs behind her. Sophia and Jay weren’t moving much, but Nasira rocked back and forth in her seat, teeth gritted in pain. Slowly but surely, the kill switch was wreaking havoc inside them.
They were in no condition to escape the area on foot, let alone flee Purity territory completely. And without her clo
