Chapter Forty
The knights, unarmed after caching their maquahuitl swords at the subway platform, their daggers loaned out to Grace and Jay, led them south through the tunnel. They ducked behind a low wall as another train barreled through. Once they reached a certain distance, they halted and said they needed to get the timing right if they were going to make it through the next section. Immediately after another train shot past, the knights began to run, gesturing for both Grace and Jay to follow.
Jay shrugged and ran. He heard Grace’s footsteps fall into line behind him. At least the knights carried torches. Soon, they reached a long, narrow tunnel. Jay followed hesitantly, realizing that there were no archways or alcoves to duck into here if a train approached. The knights stuck to th
