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One of the other guner door and told him to stand beside Carson This one wore a Stetson, too, and a leather coat with sheepskin collar The cold air revealed his breathing to be less agitated than that of the otherfroht, revealed the fear that he was striving not to disclose
These were not Victor’s creations They were real men with so behind the scenes in this apparently peaceful Montana night
The third man, who quickly searched the SUV, appeared with both his shotgun and one of the Urban Snipers "They have another of this here Never seen its like before Pistol grip And it sees, not buckshot They have two pistols and a satchel full of spare un ammo"
The second cowboy looked to the one with the ue indicated the Urban Sniper and said to Michael, "You want to explain that cannon Arvid is holding?"
"It’s police-issue Not available to just anyone"
"You’re police?"
"We used to be"
"Not around here"
"New Orleans," Michael said
"Used to be--but you still have a police-only gun"
"We’re sentiue said, "Ma’am, you handle a weapon that powerful?"
"I can handle it," Carson said "I can handle you"
"What kind of police were you?"
"The best Detectives Hoht at folks, don’t you?"
"Fewer ue said, "I have a wife like you"
"Get on your knees and thank God for that lady every night"
Most people weren’t as bold at eye-to-eye contact as Teague His stare was scalpel-sharp Carson could al off his with a steely sound
"What’re you doing, anyway, riding around all gunned up?" Arvid asked
Carson glanced at Michael, he raised his eyebrows, and she decided to go with a little bit of the truth, to see how it played "We’re on aher words, glancing at one another The soft silent snow coreat dark trees slowly fading to white all along the street … Their quiet reaction to her strange state that made a monster hunt seem as reasonable as any other activity
"What have you seen?" she asked
To his pals, the nauns That ht," Arvid said "Those killing uns"
Michael said, "Machines?"
Unlike Arvid and Clint, Teague hadn’t lowered his shotgun "They looked like real people, but they weren’t There was a Terminator feel to them but even weirder"
"Space aliens," Arvid declared
"Worse than that," Carson said
"Don’t see what could be worse"
Teague said, "Ma’aet off the street to discuss it," Carson suggested "We don’t knohat ht--you and us, we’re on the saue said
She indicated the house set deep in the trees and all the parked cars in the driveway, their headlights aimed in different directions "Seems you expect to have to defend the place The wife you mentioned--is she over there?"
"She is"
"What’s her name?"
"Calista"
"I bet Calista would make up her mind about Michael and me five times faster than you Sheyou take to make up your mind"
"I’ed in another staring contest, and after a half sue lowered his shotgun "Okay, arm yourselves Come with me, let’s swap infor alive"
Arvid returned the Urban Sniper