Page 189 of Black Reign

He never saw her.

I did.

I laughed for half a block.

Then Ghost messaged me.

GHOST: Something funny?

I stopped walking.

VESPER: Why would you ask that?

GHOST: Instinct.

Infuriating man.

I spent the rest of the afternoon wondering whether he really could feel me nearby.

Today, I stop wondering.

Because someone else can.

The first sign is a reflection.

A man behind me in the window of a pharmacy.

Dark coat.

Nothing unusual.

London is full of men in dark coats.

I turn at the next corner without looking back.

Two streets later, he's gone.

Fine.

Then I see another.

Different man.

Same stillness.

He isn't looking directly at me.

That is what makes me notice.

Good surveillance never watches.

It exists.

My pulse changes.

I continue walking.

No hurry.