Chapter 6 An Old Friend, A New Threat

• Jared sat alone in the Bai family’s garage, his hands black with grease, hunched over the engine of a forgotten SUV. The thing hadn’t run in years, but he remembered it vividly—an old model the Bai family deemed too ugly for their polished image. That was fine. He didn’t need pretty. He needed functional. Strong. Durable. He needed an escape vehicle.
• The system’s timer hovered faintly in his mind’s eye:
• [Time Remaining: 71 hrs 03 mins]