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At last, across the plaza, he spotted her hunter—or rather, hunters

A ures, entered from a street to the north They were all dressed in trench coats The leader was black haired, well over six feet, hugelyover his face, a chronic abuser of anabolic steroids

Tucker noted bulges under the trench coats that suggested concealed weapons

The woht over them

So she knew so for her, but she didn’t have the skill or knowledge to pick them out Yet she had the instinct to stay around other people

She hurried past his location, a whiff of jasmine left in her wake

Kane tilted his nose up to her scent

She headed toward the doors of the othic spire and fourteenth-century reliefs depicting the Virgin Mary’s death The doors were still open, waiting for the last of the day’s tourists to straggle out She headed inside, casting a final look around before ducking past the threshold

Tucker finished his coffee, left a tip, and stood He grabbed Kane’s leash and exited just as the trio of hunters swept past As he followed them, bundled in his jacket and coat, he heard the tallest of the three give quick orders in Hungarian

Local thugs

Tucker shadowed the group as they lanced back at him, but Tucker knehat he would see

A e, sandy blond hair worn a little shaggy, walking a dog outfitted in a broeater Tucker hid so his shoulders and hunching down His clothing was already nondescript: worn jeans, a battered olive green coat, a wool cap tugged low He knew not to avoid eye contact—that raised asSo he merely nodded politely back and showed disinterest

As the other turned around, Tucker touched his nose and ticked his finger toward the mountain of a man in the middle

Acquire that one’s scent

Kane had a vocabulary of a thousand words, understood a hundred hand gestures,an extension of hi behind the e of the trench coat

Tucker pretended to ignore his partner’s efforts, staring off across the square

Once Kane secured what he needed, the dog dropped back and waited for the next co his alertness

As the trio reached the church, roup split up, spreading out to cover the exits

Tucker stepped over to a park bench, crouched down next to Kane, and tied the end of the leash loosely around its iron leg but unclipped the other end Heit look as if the dog were secured there