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Yawning, she said, “Sounds good. All I need is sleep.”
He finally steered up the dirt road to the cabin, where he’d left on a porch light and one small light in the kitchen. Once inside, he cleared the place to make certain no one was waiting for them there—doubtful, but he would take no chances—then he holstered his gun.
“Let’s see the message.”
She nodded and pulled out the card. “There’s a QR code on the back. You’ll need a cell signal.”
“I have one.” He hovered over the code, and the video character appeared and gave the warning.
Interesting. “And this is all it took to get you here?”
“More than that. My friend risked his life to get me the message. A friend in Michigan told me my friend died from his injuries from the hit-and-run. The police are still looking for the driver.”
“You never told me he died. I should have asked.”
“I knew it was serious, because he never would have gone to the trouble to warn me, or in the way he did, unless it was.”
“Meaning?”
“Finding me. Physically stalking me and bumping into me but not meeting with me—because that could have ruined us both.”
He scratched his jaw. He could see how that could happen. “And the game he chose to deliver the message . . .”
She angled her head. “What about it?”
“Tell me about that game. Maybe that’s part of the message too, so what’s the theme?”
“I mean ... he used the character because that was my created character, my avatar, from the game. I would know it was him. I hadn’t considered the game itself. Knight Alliance is about war.” Her face paled with those words.
“War . . . Have you considered this cybercriminal is the person from your past you betrayed by going to the Feds?”
