“What did she lure you into the trees with?” I asked him, knowing his instincts wouldn’t have made him follow treasure the way I had. “Oh, erm.” Xavier blushed a little and I was enough of a dick not to let him off the hook, waiting for the silence to stretch out before he admitted the truth. “Carrots.” I snorted a laugh, and he did too, pulling a juicy orange carrot from his pocket and grinning as he took a large bite from it.
