The shattering impact of the stone against the window sent a shockwave through the car’s interior. Sarah and Neemry screamed in unison, a symphony of raw terror that was almost swallowed by the ringing in Linsy’s ears. The safety glass held, but it was now a crazed, opaque spiderweb, fracturing the world outside into a hundred blurred, menacing fragments.

“Don’t let her get away!” Scar-Face’s voice, thick with rage and pain, roared from the other side of the glass. “She maced us! ...