Out of Sync

"What makes you think that it's a trap?" Suki asked; she stood behind Max, looking past him down at the street. "It seems fine to me."

Max held up a finger, and then he pointed to an alley further down the street. "Watch the shadows," he said softly to her.

Suki was about to say that it was night and there was no shadow to begin with, but that's when she caught movement in the darkness.

"Is it them?"

"They are waiting," he replied.