Chapter Two: The Dead Man's Wheel

Instead, he pressed the red button into her palm. “Then let this version of you recognize me first.” Her pupils shook. Before she could speak, fire from kilometer twelve consumed the road. The rewind struck. Lu Xiao returned to the starting line. His line prediction remained, along with Han Che's breathing inside his mind. The button was gone from beneath his tongue. Outside the window, the woman in the white continuity cap looked down at her palm. The red button lay there. She raised her eyes and spoke a phrase only the two of them could understand. “When it rains, keep left.”