PREFACE
I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING NIGHTMARES, running and running and running but never getting closer. Which was, ridiculous, because I was getting closer, but my destination was so far it seemed like I was standing still, even when I had wriggled through so many people, trying to get to the steps. The unexpected rain was a godsend, and no one here knew it. At least no one human. Except me. It was because I was human that even though I had run through the narrow alley at top speed and pushed so many unaware people out of my way, I was far from being the heroine I was asked to be. A clock struck noon, a deep sound that made my heart drop. It was time. I'd almost had a real chance at being free. And how, here I was again, facing death. I was too late.