The road into City D Crossing was a slow crawl over salt-bitten pavement, snow drifts on the highway the height of a car, and the wind-polished ice that was hidden under the snow. The Hummer's tires rumbled low, its weight keeping it steady where a lighter vehicle would have already ended up in the rhubarb at this point.
Sera sat in the back seat between Elias and Alexei, the center belt crossing her chest but doing nothing to keep her from leaning forward slightly to see out the windshield. Elias was on her right, silent and still as stone, his gloved hands resting loosely on his knees, but the energy came off of him in waves.
To her left, Alexei sat, his arm braced along the door, as his eyes flicked over the passing buildings with the kind of casual alertness that wasn't casual at all.
