”Peter opened his backpack and pulled out a tablet. With just a few touches on the screen he had access to a program that connected to his secret se...ver. Then he went through the actual process of connecting with the server. It wasn’t a direct connection, but one that went through a dozen encrypted hops. Each hop was selected at random from a list of servers. Even then, the connections would be periodically rerouted even as data was being exchanged. The purpose of all that wasn’t even to. The humanoid wolf-men stood easily at seven feet tall even with their hunched postures, their loose-fitting clothes hanging over muscular bodies covered in a layer of thick black fur. The smell of the sea had sunk into their fur, their clothes, even their leather boots. It made any unoccupied eyes turn their way.A handful of the men made their way over to the bar for drinks, another handful towards the stairs to sleep. The last man's eyes scanned back and forth across the assembled bodies in. I turned toward him and felt his hand slide along my back. I put my arms around him, pulled his body toward me and kissed him abruptly on the cheek. With his lips almost touching my ear he whispered, "I've been told that you can do better than that."Peep pulled his head away and looked directly into my eyes. Isabel stood watching us, awaiting my response. I found his smile irresistible and was beginning to get aroused. I pulled him toward me again. We closed our eyes and our lips met with. Besides, I could use some new clothes, too. So, I spent some time shopping some clothes and some silly gadgets until I was quite sure that there was no more than one man following me. Some time later I could see from the reflection in the window that he’d missed the tram I used. I made it to the park early, but once I got there I got some bad vibes. Two strangers meeting in a park like this would be just like a bad act from an old agent movie, since I had no real reason to be there. Shit.Of.