“Only for one night,” I say defensively. I know how it looks—damn near suicidal. Maybe it was. “Iwas exhausted and too tired to keep walking. I hid behind some old cardboard. So I don’t thinkanyone noticed me.”
Gavril exhales, then frowns. “Not crazy about the idea of parking here. Too exposed. Anysuggestions?”
“Yeah, actually.” I know just the place.
Once we get into the iron-bar-protected parking garage, some of the tension eases out of Gavril’sshoulders. “This will do. How did you hear about it?”
“Teddy. This was the one place where he told me it would be safe, if I could sneak in.”
“But if you could sneak in, then couldn’t …”
“Other people?” I bob my head. “Teddy used to be a rock climber, which is how he found his way in,a hole on th
