Page 23 of Dying in Flames (Reborn 4)
“Nah.” Fox shook his head. “He’s home. We were just taking Nova shopping for a Halloween party we are holding tomorrow.”
“Oh?” My new friend arched her brow with a level of sassiness I wish I had naturally. “Are we holding the party now? If I remember correctly, you didn’t want to hold one.”
“Can we hold a Halloween party?” I asked, looking at Marco and Ledger, smiling slightly.
I knew that we were already going to one, but the idea of having a ton of people in our house had Marco offering me a heated look. He knew I was purposefully pushing his buttons, but I mentally promised to give him a kiss later to make up for it.
I couldn’t let my friend think I wasn’t cool and didn’t have plans for our own party.
“Sure.” Marco slowly smiled. “With our family.”
“Marco…” I offered him a scowl. We clearly needed a code word so that he would play along next time.
“Alright,” Ledger clearly tried to redirect. “Let’s head out, shall we?”
I moved from Marco’s arms and hugged Nova, tightly, clearly surprising her, but she did hug me back. “It was so great to meet you. I will use my cell phone to call you. It does that, right Ledger?”
I really needed to get a better hang of it. I seriously had only picked up calls, never called someone myself… That was a bit embarrassing to admit. She was going to think I was weird, probably.
Ledger offered me a soft smile. “Sure does, firefly.”
“I’ll do that then.” I nodded.
I waved goodbye to Nova and the two intense men with her as I hummed happily between Marco and Ledger while walking towards the door. I could tell they were on edge, I just wasn’t exactly sure why.
“Why are we leaving before costumes?” I asked quietly.
“Some of the local witch coven were seen around here a few minutes ago.” Marco’s jaw clenched. “It is more than likely that they are working with Malcolm.”
I frowned, shaking my head. “Well, that’s okay, we can figure something else—”
“I called in a favor. We have a costume person coming to the house tomorrow morning,” Marco offered, smiling. Ledger intertwined our fingers, and I squeezed them back.
Honestly, I didn’t mind their idea at all, because now it gave me all night to think about what to do.
