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"Not shway "Most of the boys, they’re okay But there’s a few that think giving a ridein return"

"I know," Katya said, deciding for honesty So about Jessie said that for all her fresh-faced looks, she’d spot a lie a ht on surveillance at the travel depots"

Jessie switched to auto the truck into its specified lane The steering wheel slid away as the truck’s co to a speed no hu fro you, honey?"

Ar her close A kiss to wish her sweet drea I need to do" A deh" Jessie kicked back, putting her feet on the dash "So, you like jazz?"

"I’ Tiara "You just let her walk out?"

"Hey, she stunned me," the woman said, affronted "And wasn’t I the one who tracked the car down to that diner even though she had the devil’s luck and took the one with thetracker?"

Knives lanced Dev’s stoht have ridden with, what they ht have done to her "Did Lucas call back?" The leopard alpha had gone to talk to the folks ned the diner after Dev’s atte at thatit open, he looked at the caller ID "Lucas, you got it?"

"She’s on a rig heading north," the DarkRiver alpha told him "With a driver naht, didn’t ot a contact in the truckers’ union," Dev said "I’ll get her route"

"They left about four hours ago"

"Then I better startup, he called his contact and five minutes later had a printout of Jessie A, heto owe me, cousin" A smile he could almost hear "What’s up?"

Dev outlined what he needed "Is it doable?"

"Against the rules, but I figure you’ll pull my butt out of jail if I land in it"

"Thanks"

"Don’t thank me yet Even if she doesn’t switch rides beforehand, Traffic Comp tells me the roads are clear all the way to the border If she hits Canada before I get to her, nothing I can do about it"

EARTHTWO COMMAND LOG: SUNSHINE STATION

18 August 2080: Official incident report: Tenfrom exposure in the medical bay It appears they lost their sense of direction in the dark on their way back from a survey mission

None of the ten contacted base camp for help, and they do not appear to remember the hours they spent without shelter All ten have been confined to the med bay until they can be fully evaluated

Chapter 32

"You got the papers to get over?" Jessie asked as she brought the truck to a stop three hours south of the Canadian border, the world still night-dark around the

Katya shook her head "No I’ll have to find a way to sneak through"

"That’s not exactly easy They’ve got Psy guards now, too - apparently there was a probleuards’ minds"

That eli on "I don’t suppose you know anyone who makes fake IDs"

"Do I look like the cririnned "What the hell Come on"

Twenty ood for one use only," according to the wizened little et a bounce on it h, so h-tail it out of there fast"

Katya nodded and handed over"Thanks"

"And if you get caught, you never saw me" Beady black eyes pinned her in place "Understood?"

"Got it"

"Are you going over the border?" she asked Jessie once they were on their way again

The other woman shook her head "My delivery’s to a facility about forty minutes shy of it You can hitch a ride with another trucker froood ones"

"Why are you helping ers over and around the hard edges of the ID card "I’et you in trouble"

"You heard that thing about paying it forward?"

"No"

"Where you been living, in a cave?" Without waiting for an answer, Jessie quickly explained "It’s like this - if so nice for another person down the road It’s ood back into the world"