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Jack frowned. “I’m very serious. Octavius wants it to be a surprise. And what Octavius wants, Octavius gets,” he said firmly.
“Um…” Theo started hesitantly. “I’m blind. Like complete darkness going on here. Not even a glimpse of light. So not very necessary…”
The male sniffed. “Yes, but that werewolf vision of yours isn’t, so put it on.”
Theo sighed. “How much crazy am I signing up for by accepting this job?”
Turney laughed. “Oh, no, there's no backing out now. You already said yes!”
The werewolf sighed again, but there was a smile on his face as he held out his hand for a blindfold.
Eyes closed, Scarlett sighed contently as the steaming hot water ran through her hair and down her body. Moving back, she let it splash down her face, her eyelids fluttering open.
A scream caught in her throat at the sight of a rather life-like ghoul inches from her face. It blinked and moved, as if it were real. Its skin was decaying, eyes sagging precariously in their sockets, and patches of skin were missing to reveal muscle and bone.
Staring at the thing, her anger rising, she drew in a big gulp of air. By the time she let it out, the thing was gone. She narrowed her eyes and looked around the shower, her gaze eventually traveling up, which is where she spotted a pumpkin sticker with an evil grinning bat face on it. Octavius’ evil grinning bat face. The wordTrickwas carved onto part of the pumpkin.
“MIN-JI!” she bellowed, her anger flaring as the attempt to stay calm fled. “Why in the world would you give Octavius sticky spells?!”
Sticky spells were…they were stickers pre-loaded with simple spells that could be used by magicless individuals. They were very easy to use, just stick them wherever you wanted. And when someone set off the triggers for them, they’d activate. The trigger could be something small like, saying a certain word, or… probably in this case, motion activated.
The door to the bathroom slowly creaked open, and Min-ji peeked her head in, with a sheepish expression on her face. “Well…he said…they were for the party. And it was just harmless things… You know, simple illusions, spooky noises, and so on…”
Even though the woman had seen her naked multiple times now, Scarlett still gave into the urge to cover her chest, crossing her arms as she turned to face her. Min-ji was…breathtaking. Something she could easily admit to herself now that they were involved. The witch had a delicate oval face, a pert nose, lightly tanned skin, and large dark brown eyes. Her curves were gentle and she was leanly built, standing a few inches taller than Scarlett. Her long bone-straight black hair had grown a bit, and now reached past the middle of her back. She was currently wearing a long-sleeve black sleep shirt and matching pajama pants.
“That generally describes all sticky spells, does it not? The things are mostly used by children for fun,” she pointed out with narrowed eyes…before frowning as she noticed the bags under Min-ji’s. “You look tired.”
Scarlett hadn’t had much alone time with the woman as of late. Octavius had been hoarding her time. It had literally been days since they’d last held a conversation for longer than a minute. In fact, over the last four days, she had only seen the woman at night, and by that point, Min-ji was usually already sleeping.
While the witch hadn’t officially moved in, Min-ji had been there every night since they started going out. It hadn’t been too long, but Scarlett was already feeling a bit safer with her. The doubts she had around Min-ji’s reasonings for being with her were starting to fade. The idea that the witch was with Scarlett just because she liked her, and not because of the power she could gain through her, had started to take hold.
Min-ji sagged against the door. “They may have been small spells, but there were a lot.”
Scarlett sighed. “I’ll talk to the Halloween obsessed fiend.”
The woman let out a snort. “No need. They are all done. I just need sleep.”
“Sorry, my best friend is a little crazy.”
Min-ji burst into laughter. “A little is an understatement, don’t you think, Scarlett?”
Scarlett smirked. “You have a point.”
The woman yawned and crossed her arms. “So do we really not get to know what we are wearing until the day of?”
“Octavius loves surprises. About half as much as he loves Halloween. So, the two combined together means…yes, we have to wait. His feathers will be majorly ruffled if we somehow spoil his surprise. Unless you want to deal with a sulky bat, walking around as if the world has ended?”
Min-ji rolled her eyes. “Surprise it is.”
* * *
Henry stared at his sire…andfor the first time in a long while, he found himself firmly saying, “Absolutely not.”
He wanted to screamhell no, but he would never be so rude to Octavius. Even in his pirate days, he had never been one to swear much.
“Aww, come on, Henry! It’ll be amazing!” Octavius cried, eyes wide and begging.
The vampire could not be serious right now. Henry was shocked that Octavius was even telling him what his costume was early. Never once, since the start of these parties, had he known until Halloween...
