Closing my mouth, I blink, unable to complete my sentence. Because I saw it too. Something moved. "Mama," Malory's voice seemed further and further away as I tilted my head and looked out through the smoke. There it was again. A flicker. A flash of metal reflecting sunlight like a mirror, racing behind the houses just out of sight of the fire fighters. It wasn't an animal. Animals would flee from a fire, not move around them. Only a human would be that foolish."Maybe it was a firefighter," I mumble under my breath, although that doesn't feel quite right either. Why would a firefighter be slinking in the shadows? My blood chilled. Something, or someone was watching. I should be terrified, but I'm not. Instead a cool wave of concentration washes over me as some forgotten instinct snaps into place. Something primal, telling me to protect my baby with everything in me. Narrowing my gaze, I continue to scan the scene. There is a police officer leaning up against a cruiser less than
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