Chapter Four: My Shadow Boarded Before Me

“This isn't a key vision,” Lu said as the shadow returned. “It's informing on another candidate.” Six hours later, at Madrid Airport, Isabel found no record of the gray suit—but another Lu Chenzhou had already checked in. He had used Lu's real passport number, passed facial recognition, and answered the airline's security questions. “Mo took more than your mother's voice,” Isabel said. Lu watched himself in the glass wall. The shadow at his feet obeyed him. Its reflection lagged half a beat behind. With two minutes remaining, he followed the vision into the restroom. A latch clicked in the last stall. The gray suit lunged out, fingers cutting toward Lu's face.