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It would be safer to shift, the ed the car locks and alarm with the relanced over his shoulder at her "No scissor doors?"

Eve gave a clueless shrug

The detective stood in the V of the open door and looked at the interior With the top down, he had an unobstructed view She glanced at Ishauard on the other side The feel of Infernal eyes was strong

If they could just get in the car…

"Very nice," Jones said "How does it drive?"

"Like a dream," she said, with a smile that felt strained "Detective, I’ht" He backed out of the way "I’ll give your office a call tomorrow"

"Great"

Eve hopped into the car and got it started Ishamel waited until she put the trans in beside her

Jones stood nearby, watching thele eye The detective didn’t trust her as far as he could throw her

Backing out of the spot, she hit the road

It was hard driving while trying to keep an eye on any possible threats Eve relaxed slightly when they reached the intersection of Katella and Harbor, feeling soed with tourists and business-attired pedestrians leaving the convention center The excited screams of riders on the various California Adventure a bass of a nearby car radio There was a tiny souvenir shop next to the 7-Eleven on the corner; its wares spilling over into its equally tiny parking lot Custoh racks of Disney- and California-themed T-shirts, while a postcard display stand reate a postcard I received right after I washer attention to the road "It came from Gadara Enterprises, so someone there has to be responsible for it"

"What do you want to know?"

The toas only a short distance away but fros, Eve was pretty sure Ishamel had already called in reinforcements There seemed to be an inordinate number of white Chevrolet Suburbans around them

"Well, for starters," she said, "who sent it I want to ask thehts and chirped its sirens until it maneuvered into position directly behind her

"Jesus," she breathed, wincing at the burn of herto pull me over?"

Ishamel looked over his shoulder "I sent it"

"What? Why?" She eyed the cop through the rearview rinned beneath his shades The vahini was at the light, first one on the line, but in the nal changed

"Divine compulsion, perhaps?" Ishaht itwasn’t done and it needed a designer"

"If you’re trying to say that it had nothing to do with turning me into a Mark, I don’t believe you"

He looked at her, then resu to do with the Change You were agnostic Appealing to your secular talents was a substitution for appealing to your faith, which is why Raguel scheduled a job intervieith you The postcard was uel was called away and Abel wasimpatient You were ht changed, turning yellow Eve prepared to hit the gas "What about the tengu?"

"I didn’t know about the tengu As I said, perhaps it was a divine cohteen-wheel barreled west down Katella As the pedestrian countdown tian to flash red, the semi’s front tires crossed over the line

The deain She pretended to run her hand over her chignon to disguise flipping hi her forward into the middle of the intersection

The serill and screa left of it’ Alec kept his eyes closed and pretended he

was sleeping His ra Why couldn’t she watch chick flicks or the action h cable news stations since the soap operas had ended, switching channels whenever a commercial popped up

A soft snore froed to crash Alec couldn’t, and not just because hisroo at the a worked Good luck char, and he wanted to knohat it was What was in him that was affected by the amulet, and how did Hank create the suppressant?

"Those expensive sports cars fall apart when they get hit," his et rid of that car of his The one on TV is just like his and look at it now, you can’t even tell it used to be car I can’t believe a police office was responsible for such a horrible accident

Alec opened one eye and glanced at the TV The reporter stood on the corner, pointing at the vehicle splattered like a bug against the grill of an eighteen- wheeler truck

"there are said to have been several repair requests on file for the police cruiser--a Ford Crown Victoria--involved in this accident It is not yet knohether the patrol car edy The name of the officer involved and the identities of the occupants of the Lahini convertible have not yet been released"

Alec froze, realizing that the twisted and charred metal on the screen was silver not due to chipped paint, but because silver had been the color of the car