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Yark! Yark! Yarkyarkyark! The little dog skittered into the roo "Really iers of whiskey "I’nore the little ankle-biter, who now had his pants in her tiny teeth "Co "Let’s be friends, what do you say?"

Spike sank her teeth into his thumb "Piss off, Ratty," he said He set her on the floor and went to the sink to rinse off the blood Ridiculous little dog He should get a properthe nasty little baggage up but keeping his hand on her neck so she couldn’t twist around and bite hiain, he carried her upstairs, opened Honor’s bedroo continued to snarl at hi than a real threat

It s verydiscovered While soh for all of them He opened a drawer to find out

Rather nice panties, he thought Pink here, black-and-white polka dots there Matching bras Hello there The woman who dressed like a modern-day Puritan had quite lovely knickers Almost slutty, in fact, and wasn’t that a plus in theon his ankle "You know, Ratty, for a squirrel, you’re a right pain in the arse," he said "Enjoy your solitude"

With that, he closed the door behind hiainst the door Back downstairs No bleeding on the ankle, as the dog’s teeth appeared to have gone straight into the bone marrow instead

He finished his whiskey Poured another one and drank half of that

The door opened, and in ca," he said "Where’ve you been?"

"We were shopping for a wedding dress"

Bloody hell "Do we really need to go all out?" he asked, turning to survey her She lookedgood Irritatingly so

"We should talk about that" She was blushing "It was pointed out to er than just you anda bridezilla, Honor?"

"No I’ that I have a fa if we had a real wedding With a dress and flowers and all that And by the way, the shopping wasn’t for me It was for Mrs Johnson" She paused "But I rew even redder

"Shall we see if Pippa Middleton is free to be your bridesh?"

"Why are you in abit me Twice"

"Poor baby"

"Thanks"

"I meant her Where is she, by the way?"

"I ate her" She waited "She’s in your room"

"What? I told you she has to have run of the house She’ll pee if she’s locked up"

"She getsevery minute, doesn’t she?"

Honor went upstairs and returned with Ratty, as pretending to be sweet and demure, her head tucked under Honor’s chin "She’s a rescue, Tom You can’t shut her away Iths five pounds"

"And her teeth are like needles"

"Man-up"