It could even be that Phin got clever and sent them after me to throw them off the trail.
He does know that I have more protection than most people." I let go of the bookcase so I could start pacing.
"And this is where I'm going to be adding one and one and getting fifty-- but bear with me." I walked twice around the shop and came to a halt where I'd started in the first place.
"Assume that at some point yesterday, Phin breaks down and tells them exactly who I am: things like who I'm dating and how many people would be angry if they just came after me.
This next part is the weakest part of my story, Sam, but my instincts are screaming at me that the incident with Kelly Heart this morning and what happened to Phin are connected--it's that fae waiting up on the roof that makes me certain of it.
I just don't know exactly why they wanted me dead." Sam growled.
"Think about it," I told him, as if I were sure that he was growling at the threat to me.
"This isn't the work of the Gray Lords.
If it were, I'd be dead.
We know there are at least three of the fae.
Four if the woman on the roof of the storage building wasn't Giant One .
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Five if the old woman I saw here earlier today, who may or may not be Phin's grandmother, is one of them.
But still, I don't think it's a huge group.
It wouldn't be a happy thing for them if the werewolves went out hunting them.
So they set up an incident, and Kelly Heart's producer is encouraged--by charm or by harm, as Zee would say--to send Kelly to my garage to find Adam." I stopped and looked out past the parking lot to the headlights of the cars driving by.
"If they were after Adam, there are better ways to find him than coming to my garage.
He's not hard to find.
He goes to work six days a week, and his home address is a matter of public record.
I had put it down to Heart's producer looking for the best drama .
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." I took a deep breath and gauged Sam for his reaction.
Sam's stance--intent on my words--told me that he was making the leap with me.
Or at least his wolf was.
Just how smart was the wolf half of the werewolf? "But things didn't go quite as they planned.
I disarmed Heart right off the bat.
They could hardly shoot me while I held the gun I was supposed to be shot with, right? But when Adam showed up, then the police, they decided to try to create a little chaos: a feeding frenzy fueled by magic.
But Zee took care of that--and spotted their shooter.
They had to run from Ben and leave the field." I rubbed my damp palms on my thighs.