CHAPTER TEN
Vargas, too, stopped her preparations to look about the room. “What in all the lands is that noise?”
I set my perfect biscuits on the island and turned in a slow circle until I noticed movement at the window. One of the tiny Tenky folk balanced their ‘vehicle’ on the outside edge of the glass. The little man knocked his fist against the window creating the sound.
I hurried over and Vargas was quick to follow. The little guy looked so precarious that I opened the window. “What is it?”
The little Tenky rolled back and forth on the wide sill and his eager eyes scoured the kitchen. “Did one of us come this way?”
“If he has he would not dare show himself in my kitchen,” Vargas spoke up.
The Tenky scowled at her. “Maybe you just didn’t see him but he’d want what you’re c
