6.

Leah said, “Where are we going?”

Freddie said, “The railroad station.”

“Why?”

“Because I’m a responsible copper. I delivered Valerie as a attainable suspect. Which intended the uniformed division got his picture. The toes on the street. They confirmed it around. A cash changer at the railroad station recognized it. From a couple of days ago. Which makes him your business, not mine.”

“Thank you.”

“However,” Freddie said.

“That doesn’t sound good.”

This time, there was no barrier. Maybe because she was traveling alone, through an Announcer summoned of her own fierce will. But the way out was so easy. Almost too easy. The veil of blackness simply parted.

A blast of cold tore into her, making her knees lock with the chill. Her ribs stiffened and her eyes teared in the sharp, sudden wind.

Where was she?

Lawrence already regretted her panicked jump through time. Yes, she needed an escape, and yes, she wanted to trace her past, to save her former selves from all the pain, to underst