I tried to keep my voice light to reassure him. ‘I’ll try to stay as close as I can, although I bet you’re regretting your second helping of the prawn appetiser now, aren’t you?’
A furious shout from Noah saved him from answering. We spun around to see Jake stepping leisurely out of the trees, stripping off his shirt as if trying to show off his wiry tattooed arms. When he threw it onto the ground, Bane hissed.
‘You all got that?’ Tessa asked us quietly.
Noah nodded. ‘The shirt disappeared. He isn’t really here, although I’m guessing he wants us to think he is.’
‘He really is a moron,’ Tessa said, but she looked even more worried than before.
Then where exactly was Jake’s body? Close, surely. Bane had the same train of thought.
‘Could it be a decoy?’ he asked. ‘Could the real Jake be
