34: Jonas’ trick

*Jonas*

I take them to a side door that is partially concealed by a tall English maple. Then I

crouch down and put my finger to my lips, indicating that they should remain still. They both look at me with puzzlement and interest as I heave upward, slamming my shoulder into the door. They hear a latch come undone, and I swing the door open.

‘Well done,’ Cana says approvingly. ‘That will show them we are usable here.’

“Won't the grounds keeper have heard that?" Fire moon asks, looking around nervously.

I shake my head. “His cottage is too far away, and as I said, he is quite deaf. I have sneaked past his cottage many times. No one has ever caught on … It was only while he went out he was a danger”.

"You might have told us this before,” Typhon says.

“You'd never have gotten it right. You have to hit the door just so. It took me weeks to learn,” I explain. “The pack door of the main house has the same latch, that is how I know how to work it, from sneaking back in.”

Cana huffs. ‘