Behind the Smoke

Elora wandered through Darrow Base with a casual, unhurried ease that suggested nothing more than idle curiosity.

The tailer Preston had assigned to her thought he was being clever. He wasn't. She'd made him from the very first step.

"Keeping a close eye on me, I see..." she murmured, then let it go without another thought.

Preston's caution was expected. She'd have done the same thing in his posi