Chapter 160. Tristan in His Element

Athena

Vic swerved right, hard and deliberate, but Tristan had already heard the change in Vic's engine, had already sensed what was coming through a dozen tiny signs normal people couldn't process. 

He braked for maybe half a second, just enough to let Vic's bike sweep past where he'd been, then shot forward into the gap Vic had just created.

Fourth position now.

"He's reading them," Orion said, something like awe in his voice. "He's reading all of them at once."

"What do you mean?" Sarah asked confused.

"Every rider has tells," Derek explained, his eyes never leaving the track. "The way they lean before a turn, how they adjust their grip before speeding up, the sound their engine makes when they're about to shift. Most riders can maybe track one or two opponents at a time. Tristan's tracking all six at once."

They went into the next turn and this is where it got really dangerous. The turn was tight, banked wrong, with