First Page: Cat in the Dark, futuristic/paranormal

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A trunk full of contraband, a deadline, and the damn car won't start. Vrzala grits his teeth and focuses on the heavily-accented-english bitching in his right ear, thinks of kicking the tires in frustration, and instead digs out the pack of smokes he'd stopped...