CALIFF

My guts told me that Shadow was hiding something from me, and it was never wrong, but I was willing to wait until she was ready.

Watching her freeze like that terrified me, and it wasn’t like her. She was tactical alert and could sense danger a mile away, but not today. She saw the man coming towards us, though, and she was able to warn our guys ahead of time.

Something was bothering her, distracting her from focusing on the job. I wanted to ask Zarah if she noticed something ...