Chapter Four: The Driver in the Mirror

Headlights flared down the tunnel. The man shoved Shen Yan and Minglan into a recess as an unmarked SUV plowed through the shallows and splintered a wooden barrier. A gunshot exploded between the walls. The man fell with a bullet in his shoulder. Before losing consciousness, he pressed a brass tuning key into Shen Yan's hand. "Don't let Gu Chongshan hear the third movement," he gasped. "It isn't a secret. It's a command."