Page 44 of Guarding the Singer

After she'd made a few modifications to the system.

And promised that she'd put it all back when Selene was done with her rental there.

She'd dug up a full timeline of who had owned the property from the day it broke ground in construction until Selene rented the home.

No skeletons in any of these closets.

With a smile, he finished his exploration at the connecting door between the main part of the house and the door to the rooms under the stairs. The door was fully wired like the rest of the house. If someone was going to come at Selene here, at her house, they'd have a dickens of a time doing it.

The control panel was also wired for password locks.

Almost as if she'd been watching, Cypher's voice filled the room from the ALEXA unit on the table in the entryway.

“How does everything look?”

William looked at the device and then up at the camera closest to him. He lifted his hand to wave. "Looks good, but you already knew that. You've been watching me since we came in."

“Don’t forget all of the traffic cameras on the way between dinner and home.” Her words were soft but they carried a lot of meaning and knowledge in them.

William winced a little at the easy way she spoke about having them under surveillance.

Cypher’s voice hummed a little. “Badger's comingup the sidewalk now. I've already tested his passcode for the door below. He's got the key with him.”

William nodded at her words. He looked back up at the camera. "What do you think about changing the locks to passcode only?"

He didn't hear a sound from ALEXA, but he felt her hesitation as a physical presence.

William shook his head. "It's better this way."

He let out a breath.

"Two levels of protection."

“I agree.”

He swore he could hear her smile.

“You should get some sleep. Tomorrow there is an early call at the set.”

William looked back up at the camera. "Do we get a wakeup call?"

Her voice lowered to barely a whisper. “Selene set a few alarms upstairs in the bedroom.”

He frowned a little and then he found out that Cypher had likely hacked into all of the electronic devices in the home.

Her laughter was soft. “If it looks like you two are going to sleep through the alarm. I'll make sure you wake up.”

He wasn't about to ask her HOW she'd accomplish that, but he knew that she'd do it.

"Make sure," he lowered his chin as he looked into the camera, "that you get sleep, too."

She laughed softly, the speaker giving her voice a slight electronic distortion.

Cypher giggled. “Don’t worry, Mal. I’m not in the system. I am the system.”

He lifted his chin ready to say something only to realize that there wasn't anything to say. Instead he murmured the only thought in his head. "I don't know what that means."

Cypher sighed. “No one’s perfect.”

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