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    Slow down, she cautioned herself, because she knew if she rushed, she’d leave herself open to errors. Like Uncle Ramon had taught her, she’d be careful and methodical.
    She glanced at the burner phone. Straight up two o’clock. She took a deep breath, powered down the phone.
    Cade made her way across the building’s roof until she found the perfect hiding place for her phone. She set her it in a crack between two cinderblocks next to a large condensing unit.
    Though the phone was powered down, she still didn’t want to risk it falling into the wrong hands. Somehow, they’d figure out it was hers, and there would be no talking her way out of anything if her phone was found at the crime scene.
    She kept the backpack light, because although her clothes shifted with her, the backpack never did. After she shifted, she carried the backpack in her powerful panther jaws. God knew she’d tried to figure out how to get the backpack to shift when she did her. No luck.
    If I could figure out the mechanics of shifting while carrying stuff, I’d have a leg up on this.
    She slipped out of the stairwell and onto the roof of the building that was next to her targeted building. She’d shift into her panther skin and leap across, then she’d leap from balcony to balcony for fourteen stories.
    If she was lucky, the balcony door would be open. Why would they feel the need to lock it, forty-four flights up ? If she wasn’t that lucky, she’d pick the lock and disarm the alarm. She knew the model they used, thanks to a handy, nicely compensated hacker who’d cracked into the databases of several alarm companies.
    Thanks to the same guy, she also knew where the control panel had been placed. Too bad the passwords weren’t kept online. That would save her a few seconds, though she wasn’t particularly worried about time, since the homeowners were said to be wintering in Florida.
    A few paces from the rooftop’s edge, she slipped behind another unit, took off her backpack, and shifted into her panther.
    Ready? she asked her panther. The feline chuffed, eager to get started.
    She picked up the backpack between sharp canines, made sure her grip was tight, then crept toward the very edge of the roof, the city’s lights twinkling in the background.
    She lowered her powerful body, backing to get short running distance, muscles bunching in preparation. She catapulted herself forward, not looking down at what would be certain death.
    That leap sent Cade safely onto the other building with distance to spare. She turned back to look at the ledge, her panther eyes glittering dangerously in the dimness.
    She padded away from the edge of the building toward a condensing unit, slipped behind it and shifted back into her human form with an almost imperceptible tearing and crunching sound as bones, tendons, and flesh reformed. Then she adjusted her clothing and secured her black mask.
    She snatched up the backpack before it could land on the ground and make any noise. That feat and the act of controlling the amount of noise she made when she shifted were courtesy of Uncle Ramon.
    He’d made her practice and practice, over and over again, thousands of times, until he was satisfied she could perform the tasks to his satisfaction. Those were only two of the many skills Uncle Ramon drilled into her so she could perform her jobs with ease, confidence, and most importantly, success.
    Slipping the backpack over her shoulders, she tightened the strap. She’d take the service stairs down eight flights, then enter an apartment she knew was empty. There, she’d shift again and make her way along the ledge that would take her around the building to the apartment that held the bounty.
    Nothing to it.
    She needed to not think that way. Being overconfident could be disastrous. Uncle Ramon had warned her of that repeatedly.
    Eight flights of stairs and one hallway later, she made a right turn and was in front of the vacant apartment. She slipped her