Chen reached for the power button, but the plastic was searing hot. The car’s engine stalled. In the silence of the cabin, the GPS began to play a sound—not a beep, but the rhythmic, wet thumping of a pulse.
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"Recalculating," the voice said. It wasn't the standard digital female voice. It sounded like a woman whispering through a heavy rainstorm. Chen reached for the power button, but the