White City — The Handoff, Page 10
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Transcript
Ben stands in the plaza holding a black box and a paper. A sign reads “316 AUREA COMMONS.” Ben: “Edith?” Several dark-clad men walk toward him. In the central circular view, the men crouch around a glowing human-shaped figure. A dark-clad man: “Don’t suppose one of you is Edith?” Ben holds up a paper labeled “316 AUREA COMMONS / 20? ARCHIVE / RECORDING: / EDITH / OUTSIDE.”
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Ben, wearing a patterned white jacket and backpack, holds a black box and a paper labeled “316 AUREA COMMONS” as dark-clad men approach across a tiled plaza, while a circular inset shows the men crouched around a glowing human-shaped figure and one asks whether he is Edith.
About this chapter
A routine delivery gone awry puts Ben Lorentz, the fastest courier in White City, on the run—with five men hot on his heels. When a stranger gets caught in the middle, Ben’s simple escape becomes something much more complicated.
