A Wolf Among Bears

I nodded in response but kept my lips pressed together as she jogged away and collided against the man's chest with a giggle. "She's nice," I whispered to Gideon, and he nodded before taking the tray of honeycomb from me and balancing it on the top of our bag against the wooden wall of his mother's hut.

It was a better welcome to the sleuth than I had expected, and I was grateful for it. Gideon l