Page 38 of The Best Trick

“I know.” Thor grabbed two plates from the cupboards. “He's our worst and most dangerous enemy, and it’s fucked up that we’re in his home. And now we have his pie?”

“Oh. My. God.” I wrapped my arms around Thor’s back, pressing my face into his shoulder to muffle my laughter.

“Can you imagine a more delicious pie, goddess?” Thor asked.

“No!” I let him go.

“Me, either.” Thor cut two giant slices and set one on each plate. “Looks like peach pie,” he said, handing me a plate.

“Smells like peach pie.” I pressed my fork into the tip of my slice, through flaky crust and peachy goodness. I popped a bite into my mouth. It was an explosion of bright flavor and sugary crust. “Mmm!”

Thor grinned, lips covered with crumbs. “Yum.”

“It’s really bad we’re eating it,” I said.

Thor gave me a beautiful smile, and I felt so much love for him, I thought my heart might burst.

I smiled back and took another bite. “Sorry, Denko, but this is what you get for being the star employee of an evil organization!”

“So delicious,” Thor said, closing his eyes and blissing out. “I bet all of his food tastes delicious.”

“I bet,” I said, taking another bite. “Zeus and Odin would have a fit if they saw this.”

“They would.” Thor took his plate and headed out of the kitchen. I followed him with my own plate into the den where Zeus and Odin were hunched over a laptop, backs to us. On the screen was a lost-dog poster.

“This Doris thing looks legit,” Odin said. “There are photos going years back—it would be hard to fake this. Denko’s contacted the Humane Society, the pound, and he's got postings on every last dog-posting place.”

“He even hired a few guys to be out looking for her,” Zeus added. “And then the activity stops at the time that he got the text.”

“Lotta dog pictures on his cloud, too,” Odin said.

“Is going through his entire photo history really the best use of our time?” Thor asked, taking a bite of his pie, fork tines clinking against the plate.

“I just want to be sure...” Odin flipped through another set.

“Okay,” Thor said in an impish tone.

Zeus spun around. “What the fuck are you eating?”

“Pie,” Thor said.

I grinned. “Denko’s pie. Quite delicious.”

“You guys can’t be helping yourselves to Denko’s pie,” Zeus said.

“We’re outlaws,” Thor said. “Breaking into the homes of our enemies and eating their pie is part of our job description.”

“Or if it’s not, it should be!” I added.

“He’s gonna know we were here,” Zeus grumbled.

“Gulp,” I said.

Zeus snorted. “Get me a piece. With ice cream, if there’s any.”

“Ditto,” Odin said, not looking up from the laptop.

“I want ice cream, too!” I called out to Thor as he headed out of the room.

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