Precise Oaths by Paige E. Ewing

Author:Paige E. Ewing
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: City Owl Press

Chapter 11

Towering Enemy

To get from Fayetteville to Raleigh, Liliana had to take an auto-cab. It would cost far more than a simple one-hour ride in a car should, especially now when clean fuel was virtually free and cab drivers were computers that didn’t need salaries, but it was necessary. Liliana could not cram herself into the hollow tube of the bullet train to Raleigh with hundreds of strangers and hope to emerge on the other side still sane, and she had never learned to drive or bought a car—so, a cab.

She wrapped a bright red scarf decorated with sequins around her head where it would cover her fourth eyes. She could open and close them freely that way, and since they saw things that weren’t in front of her, the scarf would not interfere with her vision. She braided her hair with it in the back so it would be out of her way if she had to fight. Then she walked down the busy street in front of her business, looking for a cab going to Raleigh. She didn’t care who it intended to take to Raleigh. Her mission to save Pete was of paramount importance, and time was limited.

She searched for some time as she walked to the nearest busy intersection, then kept walking further toward the center of town. It took nearly half an hour to find a cab. It had just come from the airport in Raleigh, and therefore, it would accept a multicity fare to take her back.

The only problem was that it would be fifteen minutes before it finished dropping off its passenger. Unwilling to wait, Liliana stepped in front of the cab. Its tires squealed only a little. Computer vision, collision sensors, and other recent advances made standing in front of a moving car frequently safter than riding in one.

When the car stopped, Liliana stayed in front of it, following when it tried to back up or go around her.

Finally, the passenger door opened. An angry man in blue jeans with long, black, curly hair got out, shouting at her in what sounded like…Polish, maybe? Slovakian? It had been a long time since Liliana lived in Europe. She not only didn’t understand the words, she wasn’t sure of the language. However, the man’s intention and emotion were very clear as he shouted at Liliana and waved his hands at her to get out of the way.

Once the passenger door was open, the car would not move, so she went around to where the man stood, red in the face from his anger.

With a start, she recognized the man. A bit of black leather collar showed above his shirt despite the long hair mostly covering it. He was the Wolfhound assassin she’d seen in her vision.

She considered killing him right then to prevent the ugly future she’d seen, but they were in the middle of a street in broad daylight. She might have risked it anyway, but a quick peek with her fourth eyes

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