Checking the coast was clear, Billie vaulted over the wall of the loading dock and sprinted across
the depot floor, ignoring the almost physical pull of the mountain of mined Void stone and the
increasing pressure in her skull.
The rail car was gathering speed by the time she reached the last cargo loader. As the heavy train
clanked over a junction in the rails, Billie leapt for the back of the iron box. She grabbed the lip with
both hands and paused, her feet balanced against the back of the loader, as the rail car jolted over
another track junction. Then, keeping her body as low as possible, in case one of the guards stationed
in the rail car looked out of the open rear of the vehicle at the head of the train, she swung herself up
over the edge and dropped into the loader