The Aztec Code (33 page)

He raised his eyebrows. ‘Your
bra
is missing?'

‘If it's not on the mud bank, then Patch has got it,
the little pervert. Probably sniffing it right now.' She shrugged. ‘I'll slap him about a bit and get it back. No problem.'

Jonah sighed. ‘I can't bear the thought of someone going down for a crime they didn't commit.' He reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out her bundled-up bra.

She snatched it off him and folded her arms self-consciously. ‘Jonah Wish, I hope you can explain yourself.'

He shrugged, smiled his so-not-innocent smile. ‘Souvenir?'

‘You don't need one,' she told him, turning back round to survey the quiet grove, leaning back against him gently, enjoying the last rays of the sun on her face. ‘I'm not going anywhere.'

Jonah seemed to dwell on this a while. Then he slipped his arms around her waist and planted the softest, lightest kiss on the lump on the back of her head.

‘Neither am I,' he said.

Featuring Jonah Wish

Thieves Like Us

The Wereling trilogy

Wounded

Prey

Resurrection

First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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This electronic edition published in July 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Copyright © Stephen Cole 2007
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