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blend in, so they had “acquired” the black vehicles.  No one ever questioned where they come from, not that any of his warriors would have said if asked.  Blending in never really worked, but it was nice to have transportation around the planet. 
    “Who is your mate?  Do you know her name?” The Chief Deputy asked as he walked slightly behind Karac.
    “Her name is Ashley Jacobson.”
    “Ashley?”  The way the Chief Deputy said his mate’s name had Karac turning around.  “Ashley is your mate?”
    “You know her?”  Karac was not at all comfortable with the familiarity the man was showing towards his mate. 
    “Yeah, her old job used to require us to work together.  She’s a sweet girl.”  He paused, looking past Karac at the other warriors waiting before looking back at him.  “You’re sure she’s your mate?”
    “Why would you doubt it?”  Karac growled.  The man didn’t seem to take the hint. 
    “Well, she’s nice, and, well, uh, happy, all the time.  She loves her family.  She won’t be too pleased about going anywhere with you.”  The Chief Deputy had guts expressing his opinion like that, or maybe he was just stupid.  However, if Karac didn’t have to keep up an image, he would put the little male in his place.   
    “We’ll see about that.”  Karac glared at the implied accusations that he wouldn’t be able to keep his mate happy.  “Follow us and don’t interfere.”  Michael nodded, gulped, and ran to his car to jump inside.  Apparently he hadn’t hid his emotions as well as he thought.  Shrugging internally, Karac folded himself into the front passenger side of the first SUV.  “Let’s move.”  Calzen, who was driving, nodded and started forward.  Earth’s driving wasn’t too dissimilar from their own.  It just took some getting used to.  Calzen took to it faster than any of the others.  One of the main reasons he was driving the lead vehicle now. 
    From the directions, Ashley’s parents’ home was only a little ways south of where they were.  It shouldn’t take them more than 20 minutes to get there.  Soon they were pulling off the highway and onto a rocky road.  Karac was getting more impatient by the minute.  There was a slim chance that she would be at her parents’ house since she made such an effort to erase her connection to anything on Earth.  But some people believed hiding in plain sight was the best option.  At the very least, he was hoping for clues to lead him to her.  Karac openly grinned as they traveled down the rocky road, the hunt was on. 
     
     

Chapter 7:  Close Encounter
    Ashley
     
    “No, Ashley!”  Nathan said warningly with his hands raised out in front of him in a warding gesture.  “Put it down or I swear to God…“ 
    “You swear what?”  Laughing I aimed the garden hose at Nathan’s chest but didn’t pull the trigger, yet. 
    “If you soak me I’ll tackle you and hose you down.”  He was still holding his hands out in front of him to try to ward off my impending water gun.  Yeah, like that was going to help.   I giggled. 
    “Only if you can catch me!”  With that, I blasted him.  Laughing I circled around as he tried to come at me.  Finally he got smart and grabbed the hose on the ground and started reeling me in. 
    “No!”  Laughing, I tried to plant my feet.  “That’s cheating!”
    “No such thing in this game.”  His jeans and grey t-shirt were soaked but he was grinning ear to ear.  I was still laughing even as I threw the nozzle down and sprinted toward the house.  He couldn’t, wouldn’t, get me wet in the house, right?  Before I went ten steps, an arm wrapped around me and dragged me back in the direction of the hose. 
    “No!  No, no, no you can’t do that!  I won’t cook you anything for a month!”  I threatened while laughing. 
    “Guess I’ll have to pull out my old recipes then.”  He held my arm while he reached down for the hose.  I yanked on