Page 248 of Trick or Stalk

Hades sighs. “Presley, this is Wilder.”

I smile. “Hi.”

Wilder's attention remains fixed on his brother. “You actually dressed as Gomez.”

Hades looks at me. “She wanted Gomez.”

Wilder stares at him, then looks at me, his brows raising. “Holy shit.”

“What?” I ask.

“Nothing.”

Hades's eyes narrow. “Wilder.”

Wilder raises both hands. “Didn't say a word.”

“You said several.”

“None of them were the words I'm currently thinking.”

I laugh.

Hades looks annoyed. Which only makes me laugh harder.

Wilder grins at me. “I like you.”

“You've known her for about thirty seconds,” Hades mutters.

“Twenty of those seconds were spent watching you dressed as Gomez Addams because she asked you to. That's all the information I need.”

I bite my lip.

Hades points toward the other side of the room. “Go away.”

“No.”

“Wilder.”

“I'm socializing.”

“You're irritating me.”

“That's also how I socialize.”

I look between them. And suddenly I understand Hades's answer when I asked whether he and Wilder were close.

He's my brother. I'd do anything for him.

It's there, under the insults. Under Hades's annoyance and Wilder's obvious enjoyment of causing it.

Something solid. Something unbreakable.

Wilder looks at me. “Did he tell you anything embarrassing about me?”

“No.”

“Excellent. How about I tell you something embarrassing about him?”