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The lettering was in black, and Tara read it aloud. He propped the rifle against the rocks and enfoldedher in his arms. Then Shasa rose, tall and debonair in a dark blue suit that was not toonew or fashionably cut, but with a None at all.

Only then did he notice the yellow Daimler parked in the shadow of thehangar with Centaine standing beside it. Down the throat, was the term that described this most hazardous of allinterception angles. She made her decision. Lothar showed no trace of doubt.