“Have you ever been teleported?” Ronnie asked Brett.
“I’ve gone through some of Kylian’s doors,” he replied.
“Good. Then you’re used to the feeling of disassociation. Let’s do it.” She gripped his forearm and instantly they were standing in a grove of trees, looking at the first house on their list. Brett had the feeling she had known where to go because she’d seen its picture on the map site. When he asked, she confirmed it.
“Are you able to sense if there are people in there?” Brett asked.
“If I get close enough,” she replied.
“You won’t be safe,” he said, and realized he was talking to a fox. A small, cute one who was already scurrying toward the house. “That’s too weird,” he muttered as he watched her circle out of sight around the side of the house.
A few minutes later the fox w
