The Diabolist (The Dominic Grey Series) by Layton Green

Author:Layton Green [Green, Layton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 2013-06-03T23:00:00+00:00

As her return train to London slowed during its approach to the station, grinding on the track, Anka rose to disembark, peering out the window at the passengers lined up to board.

Then she dropped low into her seat, forgetting to breathe, pulse spiking with fear. In the line of passengers she saw an image she could never mistake, the top of a man’s head ink-stained with a terrifying image.

Why send Dante? she thought in a panic. Does Darius know about her and Grey?

Her questions sparked in her mind and then faded, ceding to her survival instinct, an instinct honed from years of homelessness as a street urchin in Bucharest. Her world shrank to one finite problem: How do I get away from the psychopath waiting outside this train?

As the passengers disembarked, she grew more and more desperate. She couldn’t stay on the train, or she would be too easy to spot. No, she had to get off the train. But to where? She couldn’t outrun him, and he surely had other men with him, watching both ends of the train.

Why does it never work when I want it to?

She saw a filthy knit cap on the ground under the luggage rack, and she grabbed it and pulled it low on her head, stuffing her hair inside. It smelled like stale milk and body odor. An old couple were struggling to exit with their bags, and she hurried to help them, hunching as she slipped between them.

It got her off the train, but the old couple stopped to rest, and Anka panicked. She saw movement out of the corner of her eye, and caught a glimpse of a long black cloak swishing her way.

Oh God.

A group of teenagers ambled from the rear of the platform towards the station, paralleling the tracks. She joined them, trying to blend long enough to merge into the crowded station. Dante must have noticed and signaled, because she saw a man in a brown bomber jacket snap to attention and start towards her. She looked over her shoulder and saw Dante behind her, closing in.

She would never make it to the station. To her left, there were at least a dozen more tracks. To her right, only two tracks remained before the far end of the station, but a train was approaching on the next track over, seconds away.

Without further thought, she jumped down into the track on her right, gasping as she landed with a thud. Someone behind her shouted as Anka jumped over the electric rail tracks, made a desperate grab for the top of the next platform over, and scrabbled to climb up as the train approached, horn blaring and brakes screeching. She pulled, but wasn’t strong enough to lift her body up.

She hung there in horror as the train drew closer, almost stopped but still fast enough to crush her. She twisted and flung a leg up, trying for the top of the platform.

Her leg only reached halfway. She couldn’t do it.

The train was almost on her, and she screamed.

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