Chapter 44

“We have a lot of space to put them,” King pointed out, and Seven jumped. He’d forgotten King was even there.

There was a knock on the door, echoing loudly throughout Fox’s domain.

Fox turned with wide eyes to look at them. “What kind of government agent would knock?”

“We’ll have to go and see,” King said reasonably, rising.

Fox opened his door by increments, trying to catch sight of the visitor. Seven almost thought there was nobody out there until he saw the angry expression on Fox’s pale face. “You,” he whispered, slightly closing the door. “How could you do this to us?”

Seven looked closer and realized that what he’d thought was just a swirl of snow from Fox’s domain was actually a batch of floating fog.

“Fox,” a gravelly voice answered, and Seven thought he recognized it from somewhere. “Come now, Fox, you knew that one of us was a spy. You didn’t do a thing to try and find me.”