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Sean had left his T-shirt and underwear on the floor Andrea picked up the briefs, looked at the waistband, and grinned At least now she knehat size he wore

Andrea had never been to a hus Shiftertown had been isolated, it had been difficult to get into town to do any shopping, and Andrea’s stepfather had never had a car Andrea’s usual practice was to order her clothes fro, and they’d been delivered to a post office that served all of Shiftertown

Glory swept up Andrea and took her to a street she said was called South Congress, or SoCo, with funky shops and fleaareas that allowed Shifters Andrea approached the shopping trip with exciteuilty pleasure She knew Sean would have a conniption if he knew she and Glory had left Shiftertown on their own, but Sean had driven off on his , probably to talk to the police again about the shootings orSean was going to be very nice to Liae the day before Knowing Sean, he’d do that to keep the peace, not because he thought he’d been wrong

Glory parked her sht on the street the instant another car deserted it While hu at Glory’s six-foot, svelte body in skin-tight black leather, Andrea was able to browse the fleamuch attention

On this cold Saturday, Andrea’s sweater and leather coat hid her Collar Her Fae blood made her a little shorter and sliht pastwhat she was

Of course, she thought wryly, whenever Glory was nearby, Andrea could stride around naked with a big arrow pointing to her Collar, and no one would notice

Glory walked into a store that carriedsiirl behind the counter, who um and said, "Hey, Glory How are y’all?"

"Not too bad, Mabel Need to pick up sos for my honey"

"Y’all knohere to find them You need any help, you just let me know"

Glory nodded in a friendly way and led Andrea to an aisle filled with ns Shelves and racks also held gadgets, the function of which Andrea had no idea and wasn’t sure she wanted to

Glory snatched up so red hearts "How about these for Dylan?"

Andrea burst out laughing "For Dylan?"

"You’re right He’s not so flaht blue ones, with two golf balls surrounding a disproportionately large golf tee printed on it "Dylan’s olf"

"He has?" AndreaMostly to say that only huame where they hit a ball and then chase after it themselves"

"Not an aficionado then"