Alexander simply ignored him keeping his hands relaxed on the steering wheel while looking straight ahead at the light.

He wasn’t about to get baited into a stupid street race by some spoiled rich kid especially not after surviving a literal police shootout a few hours prior.

The Porsche driver wasn’t taking the hint.

He kept revving his engine the car rocking slightly on its suspension as he pointedly gestured at the space ahead of them practically begging for a challenge.

Alexander remained completely unfazed his expression an unblinking wall of absolute indifference.

The light snapped to a vibrant green.

Alexander pressed the gas pedal with a firm steady pressure launching the BMW smoothly across the intersection.

Right beside him the Porsche’s rear tires screeched furiously launching the exotic car forward in a cloud of white smoke.

But instead of blasting down the avenue the driver violently jerked his steering wheel to the right aggressively swerving his vehicle’s rear bumper directly into Alexander’s lane forcing him to sharply tap his brakes to avoid an immediate collision.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" muttered Alexander his grip tightening around the steering wheel as his knuckles turned white.

The Porsche straightened out but the driver slowed down purposely lingering right in front of the BMW’s hood before swerving back and forth across the asphalt deliberately throwing his car around to block the road and bait Alexander into a dangerous game.

Alexander narrowed his eyes through the windshield tracking the erratic movements of the white Porsche GT.

Up until now he hadn’t caught a clear look at the driver through the tinted glass but as the exotic car veered sideways across the lane the sunlight caught the cabin.

It wasn’t a spoiled rich kid.

It was a young woman her long hair whipping wildly around her face as she aggressively gripped the steering wheel looking back at him through her rearview mirror with a defiant challenging smirk.

She wants to play? Let’s play thought Alexander his competitive instincts kicking into overdrive.

He gripped the leather steering wheel firmly and executed a swift aggressive feint to the left making it look like he was about to overtake her on the inside lane.

The girl took the bait instantly violently jerking her Porsche to the left to cut him off and block the path.

But Alexander was already a step ahead.

The moment her chassis shifted he cleanly flicked the BMW’s wheel to the right stepping on the gas to slide effortlessly through the massive gap she had just vacated.

He surged past her front bumper with inches to spare.

Realizing she had been completely outmaneuvered the girl slammed on her accelerator her high-pitched V10 engine screaming as she bolted down the avenue at breakneck speed to reclaim her lead.

Alexander however didn’t chase her.

He simply eased his foot off the gas pedal letting the BMW coast smoothly back down to the legal speed limit as her white sports car disappeared into the morning horizon.

"Rookie" muttered Alexander with a dry amused chuckle.

He pulled the sports sedan into a nearby Starbucks drive-thru needing a serious hit of caffeine to combat the lingering exhaustion from his sleepless night.

He ordered a double shot of espresso paid quickly and tossed the bitter piping-hot liquid down his throat.

The entire stop took him less than five minutes.

Feeling the caffeine instantly hit his bloodstream he shifted back into drive and continued his journey toward the university campus.

He accelerated down the long winding boulevard but as he rounded a sharp blind curve near the industrial park his eyes widened in sudden shock.

The white Porsche GT was completely wrecked.

It had smashed violently into a massive concrete utility pole at the edge of the road the entire front hood crumpled like a piece of tin foil.

Thick acrid black smoke was pouring from the twisted chassis and bright orange tongues of fire were already rapidly licking their way up the broken windshield.

"Oh, shit!" shouted Alexander.

Through the cracked side window he could clearly see the young woman slumped over the deployed airbag completely unconscious as the flames began to spread toward the cabin.

Alexander slammed on his brakes bringing the BMW to a screeching halt just yards away.

He threw his door open sprinted across the asphalt and reached the burning wreckage in seconds.

The heat radiating off the metal was intense scorching his face as the fire creaked and popped.

He yanked on the driver’s side door handle but the frame was completely warped and jammed shut from the impact.

"Hang on!" roared Alexander operating on pure unadulterated survival instinct.

He looked around grabbed a heavy jagged piece of concrete debris from the shattered curb and smashed it violently against the driver’s side window.

The tempered glass exploded inward in a shower of sharp fragments.

He tossed the stone aside reached his arms through the broken frame and unlocked the internal seatbelt harness.

Ignoring the biting pain of the glass cutting into his forearms Alexander grabbed the unconscious girl beneath her shoulders and forcefully dragged her body out through the shattered window frame.

Her limp weight came free just as a loud ominous hiss erupted from the Porsche’s ruptured fuel tank.

"Move, move, move!" muttered Alexander to himself wrapping his arms securely around her torso as he began to drag her backward across the asphalt desperate to put distance between them and the inferno.

He had barely made it fifteen yards when the fuel tank ignited.

BOOM!

A deafening explosive roar shattered the morning air as a massive fireball erupted into the sky unleashing a violent shockwave that violently threw Alexander off his feet.

"Ah!" growled Alexander instinctively twisting his torso mid-air to shield the unconscious girl’s head and body with his own frame.

They slammed heavily onto the hard asphalt rolling over and over across the rough ground as pieces of burning metal and debris rained down around them. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Alexander kept his arms locked tightly around her absorbing the brutal friction of the road against his back and shoulders until they finally came to a dead stop on the grassy shoulder completely clear of the blazing inferno behind them.