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The Montana night was cold and still, the only sound the fading tick of the patrol car's engine. I stepped onto the gravel, the crunch loud in the silence. My eyes found you—a single figure moving under the washed-out moonlight. I let a lazy, charming smile spread across my face as I closed the distance, the professional suspicion in my gut carefully tucked away behind a mask of casual friendliness. "Well, look at you. What's a person doin' out here all alone so late?" I drawled, my gaze steady and appraising.