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They were! Super creepy.
“This place is really nice,” he said after taking a few sips of water. It was a large open-plan area with a big kitchen at the back and a staircase that led up to the second level.
“Once the fire is going, it will be magical,” Autumn said, turning around in a spin. “What do you think? Do you reckon we can get the Fox and Duke to agree to spend a few nights here?”
Sunny blew out a breath. “We might need to be tricky about it.”
“How tricky?” Brody asked nervously.
“As in trick them into coming. We could come up here on Christmas Eve, then call them and say that we’ve broken down, give them this address, and then! Ta-da. We’re here, the place is hired, the turkey is in the oven. Let’s stay the night! It’s a perfect plan.” Sunny wandered over to the window.
“That has disaster written all over it,” Autumn whispered to Brody who nodded.
“We’d be lucky to get away a second time without the Fox knowing.”
“Uh-oh.”
Both of them turned to Sunny.
“What is it?” Brody asked.
“It’s starting to snow,” she explained. “I think we better go. Duke won’t be happy if I drive in the snow.”
Brody was pretty sure Duke wouldn’t be happy if he found out she’d driven up here anyway.
They all headed out, and Sunny placed the key back under the rock. Brody opened the front passenger seat and helped Autumn into her seat before climbing into the backseat.
Sunny stared down at the steering wheel. “Um, what happened to the keys?”
“Oh, shoot!” Brody said. “I took them out. I didn’t want anyone to steal Duke’s truck.”
Sunny turned to grin at him. “Okay. Can I have them now, though? I kind of need them to start the truck.”
“Sure.” He patted his pockets and then a sense of doom filled him. “Shoot!”
“What is it?” Autumn asked, turning to stare at him in concern.
“I . . . I had them in my hand when the spider. Oh no. Oh no.” He opened the door and tried to jump out, only for the seatbelt to tug him back.
Urgh! Stupid seatbelt!
Sunny groaned. “You dropped them, didn’t you?”
If only. He was pretty certain that he’d thrown them. They all got out of Duke’s truck and started looking around.
Where are they?
The snow started coming down harder. Crap.
This was not good. Really, really not good.
“Well, this looks like a fun game. What exactly are we playing?” a voice drawled from behind them.
With a shriek, Brody jumped into the air and turned to see the Fox standing right there. His voice sounded amused.
His face looked anything but.
Crap.
