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"You being a skinwalker," uni lisi said, unperturbed "That true?"

I sipped again, my mouth suddenly dry "Yes, ma’am"

"That how you can smell what this woman is?"

"Yes, ma’a you?"

I started to answer and stopped Not just targetingetme everywhere I went? Like to here? "Maybe," I said, as the possibilities bounced around in s in ical That was all that was left for thes people stick to cars," uni lisi said "So they can follow peoples You got one on you car?"

My hands went cold on the iced tea glass I hadn’t checked I wasn’t used to being a target myself If I had been a client, I’d have been over the car with a lass and hit the button for Eli "Yeah?" he answered

"You didn’t think to checkdevices, did you?"

"You were clean thisThe only e can be totally sure is to put a camera on it, check it every day, and park it in a vault"

"Excuse me," I said to the One Feathers, and left the porch at a run I still had ht on as I neared ht sound like a du equip up required constant attention to coen netic trackers are seneration They still can be fired from a cannon or tossed over a fence to land anywhere on the exterior, but even the old trackers cost five hundred bucks apiece and none of them always stick The math sucks unless you have bottomless pockets It’s easier to walk by, open the door, and toss one under the seat, except you keep your vehicle locked A public street is not the place to disable the alarine co, and sticking a GPS tracking device under the wheel well or buh to hide between two fingers, but those cost Most people still use the ones the size of a pack of cigarettes You checking now?" I grunted the affirmative and he said, "I’ll hold"

I walked around the vehicle and saw nothing on the exterior I bent and checked each wheel well Eotten stuck earlier, and the rain splashing up fro pushed through the mud to adhere to the metal would have left an i all looked uniform I lay down and rolled under the front, then the back Nothing was stuck to the buh inspection when I get home"

"Okay" He disconnected

Back on the porch I asked, "You have a gun?"

"Course we have a gun," Aggie said, as if I’d asked a stupid question Maybe I had These were country wo rabbits, and kids with nefarious and salacious intentions Andto rob, rape, and steal

I sat and drank half of my tea, my mouth as dry as a bone from dread "My vehicle looks clean, but there’s no way to be sure And since I’m here now, it’s too late I’m sorry"