Page 189 of Deadly Sweet

“The bedroom.” Leroy smirks. “You know, the place where I fuck our Omega into a coma and have her begging for more?”

“Touche, my friend, touche.” Caleb chuckles, patting him on the back.

“The only one who actually looks like he’s supposed to is Jake,” Walker mutters. “How do you look so much better than us?”

Me? I’m dressed as the scarecrow. And the damn thing is itchy but it does look a lot better than theirs.

I grin. “Years of working in the theater back in high school. I learned to do costume makeup pretty well. Also, when I saw what Caleb ordered, I knew I couldn’t wear it, so I called up one of my theater buddies from the city and asked to raid his company's wardrobe. They’ve done The Wizard of Oz, and their costume selection is amazing.”

“Wait!” Caleb glares at me. “You mean we could have all had better costumes than these?”

“No. Because I don’t trust you not to ruin them.” I raise a brow.

“Betrayal, man. I feel betrayed.”

“It’s okay,” Alexis, Walker’s youngest sister, says as she steps outside. “You all look stupidtogether. That’s what matters.”

The only reason why we’re dressing up as a group is because it’s Athena’s first Halloween. And both Caleb and Savannah guilt-tripped us into it.

And because, in a way, it’s Savannah’s first Halloween too. We didn’t have it in us to put up a fight and so we went along with their plans.

“Thanks,” Walker deadpans. “I feel the love.”

“Good.” She pats his arm. “That's what I was going for.

His other sister, Hayley, follows behind her. “Looks like your Omega is here,” she says, nodding towards the car that's pulling up.

Savannah gets out, slams the door, and rushes over to us. “I’m so sorry I’m late,” she says in a rush. “Things ran longer than I wanted, and I ran into a few issues, but everything is good now,” she pants, putting her hands on her hips as she catches her breath.

My eyes widen as my lips part. We all just stare at her in horror.

“What?” she asks, looking between all of us, brows furrowed. “What's wrong?”

“Cool Carrie costume,” Alexis compliments. “It looks so real.”

“Ahhh.” Savannah’s eyes widen as she looks down at her dress, seeming to realize that she‘s covered in blood. “Thanks,” she laughs. “Wanted to go as realistically as possible.”

Hayley goes over to her and reaches out to touch. “That looks like real blood.”

Savannah steps back and laughs. “Trust me, you don't wanna touch it. This dye is hard to get out of skin. Gonna be a bitch to get off later.”

Hayley pulls her hand back. “Good point. I do not want to stain my wings.” Haley is dressed up as an angel while Alexis is dressed as a devil.

“I’m gonna go get Mom and tell her we can go now,” Alexis says, and Haley follows her in.

“Why did you change outfits?” Walker asks, not seeming to see what I’m seeing. Is he for real right now? “I thought you were going as Glinda to match with us.”

“I didn’t change, silly,” she laughs. “Because I was supposed to meet you all here after I was done with work. I wore my costume to save time so I didn't have to go back home to change. I thought it would be a quick in and out thing, you know? Boy, was I wrong.” She laughs. “Things got messy. Not my original plan, but I kind of got carried away.” She shrugs. “Oh well, it all worked out, right? I mean, the dress does kind of look like the one from the movie.”

“Hold the fuck up,” Caleb asks. “This blood is real?”

“Yup.” Savannah grins, then her eyes widen as she squeals. “There’s my baby!”

Elena and the girls join us on the front lawn. “Savannah, honey, we’re so glad you could make it.”

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world.”

“That's an... interesting costume choice.” Elena gives her a friendly smile. Poor woman looks so confused. Trust me, we all are.

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