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Running after someone in a casino is harder than I imagined, making me wish I’d downed fewer drinks. I dodge elbows and try not to trip over people’s feet. I even debate phasing into the Quiet to get my bearings, but decide against it because the casino will still be just as crowded when I phase back out.
Just as I begin to close in on the girl, she turns the corner into a hall leading to the main lobby. I have to get there as quickly as I can, or she’ll get away. My heart hammers in my chest as I fleetingly wonder what I’ll say to her when I catch up. Before I get far with that thought, two guys in suits step directly into my path.
“Sir,” one of the guys says, almost giving me a heart attack. Though I’d spotted them in my periphery, I was so focused on the girl that I hadn’t truly re
