Seated behind the steering wheel of the Americar they’d boosted less than ten minutes ago, Skater wasn’t surprised. Luppas getting caught would have been more surprising, and not being able to leverage his way out of the Border Patrol’s grasp if he had been caught would have been even more surprising still. The elf mercenary remained a threat, and Skater could almost feel the man’s breath coasting down the back of his neck in spite of the distance they’d created by running from the scene.