5Her new guardian led them through several backstreets until they reached a secluded park. The homeless were sleeping on park benches while several young mothers watched like hawks over their children on the playground. Sugar didn’t comment about being nervous or complain about the place where he’d parked because the alleged rogue royal never slowed his forward motion. They soon left the people in the park behind and entered a more secluded area that disappeared into a grove of trees. Sugar pushed away her worry by walking faster. Though naturally tall for a woman, before the artifact she would never have been able to keep pace with someone Bad Panther’s height, especially with those long, muscular legs of his. Eva had been right about him being nearly seven feet. Luckily, the artifact m