CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Zero smashed down on the accelerator and the SUV lurched forward, the RPMs leaping nearly to six thousand as they took off from the garage bay like a shot. The interpreter frantically pulled her seatbelt across her chest.
We could have been clear of here if she’d just listened to me, he thought irritably. He clicked on the high beams as he played chicken with the oncoming cars.
“What are you doing?!” Karina shrieked beside him.
“Hang on.” The oncoming vehicles weren’t as reckless as he was; they veered to the right to avoid hitting them. Zero jerked the wheel to the left and drove onto the lawn, the tires tearing up the manicured grass. He swerved left and right to avoid the cherry blossom trees dotting the landscape.
“Wall!” Karina pointed ahead of them. “Wall!”
“Ye
