Stealth lawyering Agent Smith, Danielle shooting her

Still, I think you’ll protect me from any potential threats, won’t you?”
Stealth said nothing, but her head jerked up and down once.
Smith smiled. “And you’d warn me if you knew of any trouble up ahead, right?”
“Yes.” The cloaked woman stumbled, just for a moment, as if her foot had caught on something. “There is no trouble up ahead.”
“Wait, what?” Smith stopped walking. “Why did you … What are you hiding?”
“Many things,” said Stealth. “Perhaps most important is that someone has been following us for half a block now.”
Smith spun around and the gunshot echoed on the street. The bullet whizzed past her, close enough that she flinched away.
Danielle lined up the Glock with both hands and fired again. Her aim wasn’t great, but the round hit Christian Smith in the calf, just under the kneecap. The Asian woman howled and dropped to the ground.

Excerpt From Ex-Purgatory, pg 619-620
Peter Clines
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