CHAPTER 2
Moving like a ghostly apparition in the shadows of the forest, Jarmen crept closer to Walter and Jane. He stopped behind a large tree and scanned their surroundings.
Before dawn tomorrow IQ was going to have a new powerpack installed and whatever other servicing he needed to be fully optimized. Jarmen would not risk either robot failing and leaving Jane undefended.
His fingers tightened in the wood of the tree, digging through the rough bark when he heard Walter ask Jane how she was adjusting.
He had already accessed Jane’s records. After his first glimpse of her, he had felt intensely… worried. He felt compelled to protect her. His chest tightened in an unfamiliar way, and he analyzed his strange reaction.
Fear. He recognized the unpleasant emotion, and also that it resulte
