Chapter Three: Whose Face Did the Moon Borrow?

Her double's smile faltered. "So Gu Linchuan woke you after all." "Where is he?" "He always makes that your first question. He did in the last life, too." The crowd began to hum. The melody reversed the Wayfarers' song, each note driving memory deeper underground. Shen Wu lost her mother's face, then the number of her college room. Soon she could no longer remember why she stood in the street. She pressed PLAY on the cassette recorder. Gu Linchuan's voice burst from its cheap speaker. "In your second life, I will find you first." Her memories snapped back. Shen Wu turned and ran toward Shaft Seven. No footsteps followed, only the measured chant of the crowd: "Shen Zhao. Shen Zhao. Shen Zhao."