"Hey,"
Roger said, putting down his carton. "Sorry. But what's with him?" He
pointed.
The
hairs on Jennifer's neck prickled as she turned and saw her companion sitting
with his head raised, ears pricked far forward, eyes wide and staring as if he
could see through the closed door that led to the parking lot.
"Just
a second," she said, when Elizabeth asked what was going on. She got up
and walked to the hotel room door, with Puck so close against her side, he
almost knocked her off her stride. She turned off the lights in the room, then
making her motions as delicate as possible, for silence, she slid the security
chain off and eased the door open.
A
dark, hooded shape hunched down in the shadow cast by her Jeep, parked against
the sidewalk in front of her room door. The shape was reaching under the
running board on the driver's side. Jennifer flicked her hand down in a gesture
she always equated with the starter flag in a horse race. Silent, Puck leaped.
Two bounds took him across the sidewalk. His claws scraped on the cement once,
and he was on the man just as the hooded figure raised his head.
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