As the door snapped shut, Kate turned to Luke in disbelief.

"That man was a customer of mine, a Dead Head. Only he looks completely different now. I wouldn't have recognized him, but for his eyes." She drew her eyebrows together. "My phone…the repairman. That man was in my house."

"He's with the Agency, Kate. He was probably sent to watch Powers. Take him out if need be. He probably tapped your phone. The Bean's, too."

She shivered, and Emma moaned and shifted in her sleep. Kate gazed at her a moment, then back up at Luke. "I don't want to talk about him or the Agency or Powers anymore." She smiled and reached for his hand. "I want to talk about you."

"Me?"

"Mmm. The doctor thinks you're a lucky man. The bullet hit a fleshy place in your shoulder. Half an inch to the right or left and the damage would have been much worse. But you know what I think?" She curled her fingers tighter around his. "I think I'm the lucky one."

Erica Spindler's bestselling novels include Dead Run, Bone Cold, All Fall Down and Cause for Alarm. She lives in the New Orleans area with her husband, an advertising executive, and their two sons.