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Gaby glanced at twotoward the co the animals She knew the drill: tranquilize, kill, and if need be, take out any witnesses With Giles dead who kne Tomlin would handle the chaos?

“They ht stop traffic and look for us”

He got off the freeway and turned into a truck stop Semis parked in a row across from several fast food restaurants “We’ll have to ditch the car”

“And steal another?”

“Not a good idea Any other suggestions?”

Gaby pointed her chin at the parked trucks “We can hitch a ride with a trucker”

“I think I can persuade him” He winked

“I’m quite fond of your vampire-like mind control”

Kane feigned hurt “Please, I’m no blood sucker” He raised his brow “I prefer my protein to come from tender meat” He drove the black SUV into an abandoned auto repair shed “Come on”

“Do you have any idea where we should go?” she asked as she kept up with his long strides

“How about we just leave the state for starters?”

She nodded and grabbed hi her cab She braved walking up to a total stranger and smiled wide “Hi, do you think we can hitch a ride?”

The stocky woray manly hairstyle, who appeared in her fifties, scoffed at her “Do I look like a taxi?”

Kane s?”

She met his eyes “Houston, Texas”