A text message appeared at the top of his screen from an unknown number: "Thanks for the location, Alexei. We’ve been looking for the person who keeps sharing our spots."
Alexei wasn't a speeder, but he hated surprises. In his world, information was the only currency that mattered. He pulled over under a flickering streetlight, his thumb hovering over the search bar. He typed the words that every driver in the city knew by heart: — DPS Control download app.
Suddenly, a bright spotlight cut through the rain behind him. No sirens, just the blinding white glare of a blacked-out sedan pulling in inches from his bumper. Alexei looked back at his phone. The gold icon was now overlapping his own blue dot.
The car door clicked open. Alexei realized too late that when you spend your life watching the watchers, eventually, they start watching you back.