Chapter 118

“No. You were wise not to allow the adep?ito take your ?nger P?zitor.”

“I’d have fought them to the death to keep her.” I felt my cheeks heating up. “I know that sounds melodramatic, but—”

“That’s very interesting. ?nger P?zitorsare bred to keep their saborssafe, but I don’t remember hearing of a saborbeing willing to face down adep?ito protect their dog.”

“Well, maybe it just wasn’t ever necessary before. Are you saborese?” I deliberately changed the subject. I could feel her eyes on me, and I wondered if she’d answer.

“We are the day watchers.”

Which she’d already told me. I took the entrance ramp to the Thruway heading north. Now it would be a straight run, and I’d get us home in a couple of hours.

Except traffic slowed to a crawl.

One thing I hadn’t taken into consideration—it was the middle of the week and this was the rush hour.

“Are you still cold?”

“Huh? Oops, I’m sorry.” I’d left the heater blasting all this time. I switched it off.