Halloween Treats

by Sandra R Neeley

  “He’s Maverik’s. He’s got a wild streak, but he’s far from stupid. Whatever he does, he won’t break her heart. And once he settles down, it’ll be forever.”

  Everly took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I hope you’re right. It hurts when your mate doesn’t see you, or doesn’t care.”

  “Havoc is a good kid,” Bam said, reaching for her hand.

  “I know he is. I love Havoc. I just worry. Ya know?” Everly asked, squeezing Bam’s hand.

  “I know. And he’s smarter than me, too. He’s definitely a wild one, but he won’t let her hurt,” Bam said, lifting Everly’s hand to his lips and kissing it.

  <<<<<<<>>>>>>>

  Kaid, dressed in flesh colored tights, green granny panty looking bottoms, and a red top emblazoned with a big “R” and a yellow cape, sat on his sofa waiting for his wife and son to get dressed.

  Jobe walked into the living room, munching on a sandwich, and came to a stop when he saw Kaid sitting there. He managed to control himself and only let a smile show as he raised his eyebrows and regarded Kaid.

  “Shut it,” Kaid said.

  “But, Robin, where’s Batman? However will you know if you’re needed without Batman at your side,” Jobe teased dramatically.

  “You know what? I used to like you,” Kaid retorted.

  Jobe lost it, he couldn’t hold his laughter back any longer.

  Kaid glared for only a moment longer than Jobe did before he started laughing, too.

  “I’m gonna remind you of this when you have your first one. In fact, I’m going to get him hooked on Batman, and tell him you waited all your life to be Robin at Halloween,” Kaid threatened.

  Jobe just kept laughing as Kaid got up off the sofa. “I think your granny panties are giving you a wedgie,” Jobe laughed.

  “Yeah, damn things don’t fit right. I got a nice ass, not a flat one. And these damn things don’t allow for my roundness,” he teased, grinning when Jobe fell out laughing again.

  “Boy, go away! Go pick up your woman and meet us at Vince’s.”

  “I’m going, I’m going!” he said, going over to the bowl where they all left their keys and gathering up the keys to his truck. “Ya’ll stopping over at the school so the kids can see Pop and Mama Sadie?”

  “If we have time, if not they’ll see ‘em at the bonfire,” Kaid answered.

  “Alright. We’ll see ya’ll in a bit,” Jobe said.

  “Deep breaths, Jobe. We’ll see ya later,” Kaid said, turning to walk into the kitchen. He heard a click sound and turned around with a scowl.

  Jobe just grinned at him and waved his phone. “I gotta show Mr. Chauvin, he’s gonna get a kick out of this.”

  “Make sure you got my good side!” Kaid yelled after Jobe even though he’d already closed the door.

  “I’m Batman!” Barron shouted as he ran from his room.

  “Whoa! Look at you, boy!” Kaid exclaimed. “You mean you been Batman this whole time?” he asked. “You never told me that!”

  “I am tonight,” Barron said, puffing his chest out. “Tonight, I will keep everybody safe!”

  “Well, let me just say, it is an honor to stand at your side, Batman,” Kaid said, trying to keep a straight face as he stood beside Barron and mimicked his stance.

  Barron chuckled. “Mama said she’s going to be a minute.”

  “Great,” Kaid said. “Monster!” he shouted.

  “I need a few minutes!” Delilah yelled back.

  “Alright. We going outside. Come on out when you ready,” Kaid said.

  “Come on, Batman. Let’s go show everybody how awesome we are,” he said, extending his hand for Barron to take.

  “I got you, Daddy — I mean, Robin — don’t be afraid,” Barron said, marching toward the front door while holding fast to Kaid’s hand.

  Chapter 11

  Avaleigh walked through her living room with long, ivory colored, gauzy strips of material trailing behind her from her long dress. Her long blonde wig with the thorny crown woven into it moved with her and had her constantly swiping at her arms, thinking she’d walked through a spiderweb since she wasn’t used to hair that long brushing against her arms.

  She went to the playpen and picked up Angelle, who cooed at her and immediately wrapped her hand in the long hair of Avaleigh’s wig. “You ready to get dressed, my little dragon?” Avaleigh said, holding Angelle with one hand while she went into the baby’s room to get her costume.

  “Ya’ll almost finished?” Avaleigh called out.

  “Just about,” Daniel answered.

  “Almost,” Remi answered.

  Avaleigh undressed Angelle and put a soft long sleeved teeshirt on her with a pair of leggings. Then she put her bright orange and red costume on her. “Oh, she’s the prettiest dragon, isn’t she?” Avaleigh cooed to the baby. “You are just going to make so many people smile tonight,” she said.

  Avaleigh got the baby dressed, and held her up, watching the silk wings sewn to the back of the costume spread out when the baby was picked up. Avaleigh laughed softly. “This is so cute.” At the sound of a throat clearing, Avaleigh looked up.

  “You sure you want me to wear this?” Daniel asked.

  “Oh. My. Dayum,” Avaleigh said, watching her Mate with her mouth hanging open. “I just can’t stop looking at you,” she said. Avaleigh laid Angelle on the sofa and blocked the edge with a pillow before walking toward Daniel.

  Daniel stood proudly, waiting for Avaleigh to get to him. He was bare chested, wearing only a faux fur vest, and a pair of tight black leather pants, and his black biker boots. Avaleigh had braided a few strands of hair on either side of his face and placed gold and ivory colored carved beads into the end of the braids. He’d even grown out his beard for the occasion and she’d braided one single ivory bead into the end of his just long enough beard. He’d shaved the rest of his face and shaped the beard neatly. He wore two thick leather wristbands and one of her gold hoop earrings. Avaleigh had put eyeliner on him before he got dressed and hadn’t seen the whole look until just this minute.

  Avaleigh leaned against him. “If you’ll wear that tonight after we get home, I’ll make it worth your while,” Avaleigh promised.

  Daniel rumbled and reached out to place a hand at the small of her back, then pulled her in snugly against him. “Want to fuck you through that mattress again,” he growled in her ear.

  “I think we need to find some alone time as soon as we can,” Avaleigh agreed, sucking his lower lip into her mouth as she watched his Dragon peer out of his eyes at her.

  “Mine,” Dragon rumbled.

  “Always,” Avaleigh answered, causing Dragon to put a proud smirk on Daniel’s face.

  “Mama!” Remi called.

  Daniel almost whimpered when Avaleigh let go of his lip and turned at the sound of their son’s voice.

  “I’ll make it up to you later,” Avaleigh promised, turning back to press her lips to his quickly.

  “What is it, Remi?” she called back.

  “You ready?” he asked.

  “Yes, are you?” she answered.

  “Is Papa ready, too?” Remi asked.

  “I’m ready. I’m watching. What am I waiting for?” Daniel asked.

  Remi’s bedroom door opened and he came charging out, fully dressed as a shiny black Dragon, complete with a full Dragon head that fit over his head and sat on his shoulders.

  “Wow!” Daniel said, “that’s impressive.”

  “That’s not all,” Remi said, excitedly. “Watch this!” he said. Suddenly the Dragon’s snout began to glow and wisps of smoke escaped the nostrils.

  “Oh my gosh! That is so freaky! It looks real!” Avaleigh said.

  “That is so cool!” Daniel said. “If you can’t be yourself, this is not a bad compromise.”

  “It is really awesome,” Remi agreed.

  “Okay, we got everything?” Daniel asked, going to the hook beside the door and taking his keys from it.

  “Ye
p, got everything,” Remi said, excitedly. He was thrilled to be actually trick-or-treating this year instead of only doing their home bonfire and weenie roast.

  “Well,” Avaleigh said, picking up Angelle and holding Angelle to her chest so that her own dragon wings unfurled on her tiny dragon costume, “let’s get the stroller and go then.”

  “Stroller is already in the car,” Daniel said, watching his family go out of the door before him. He locked the door then hurried over to help Remi get in and into his booster seat. “All buckled in?” Daniel asked.

  “All buckled in,” Remi replied.

  “You got it, love?” Daniel asked.

  “Yes, I got it,” Avaleigh answered as she secured Angelle in her car seat.

  Then he noticed Bane’s head lights as he drove up the gravel drive that led to his and Bam’s homes. “There’s Bane and Janie. I’m going to see if they’re heading straight over or waiting for everyone.”

  “Okay,” Avaleigh answered.

  “Hey,” Bane said very deeply as he rolled down his window.

  “Hey, man. Ya’ll gonna hang around here, or you going to head on over to Vince’s?” Daniel asked.

  “I’m thinking we’re going to just head over there,” Bane said. “Already got the kids all loaded up and the rabbit feet are not easy to walk in,” Bane said.

  “Rabbit feet?” Daniel asked.

  Bane held up a single huge rabbit foot. It could have been a clown’s overly large shoe, except it was white and paw shaped.

  “Ah, I see. Rabbit feet,” Daniel said chuckling.

  “You look like that man on T.V. that Mama watches on the Thrones show,” Daisy said.

  Janie grinned and looked at Daniel. “You do. And it’s a good thing Avaleigh saw you before the Game of Thrones came out, because looking like you do, somebody else would have snapped you up in that get up.”

  “Is that a good thing?” Daniel asked, teasing her.

  “It’s a very good thing. You do look good,” Janie said.

  “Hey! I look good, too,” Bane said.

  “You do, honey. Sexiest giant white rabbit I have ever seen — ever!” Janie said.

  <<<<<<<>>>>>>>

  “Ya’ll come on, I can see everybody out there. They getting ready to go,” Maverik yelled.

  “I’m ready!” Hellen yelled, running into the living room with her deep auburn hair turned gray by a whole lot of baby powder in it. Valerie had the kids collect leaves and sticks, and splattered fake blood on them. Some of each of them was sticking out of her wildly teased hair. She had a trail of dried blood dripping between her eyes and off her jawline. Her face was ghostly white with dark circles under her eyes and on the hollows of her cheeks. Her clothes were torn and stained with fake blood as well.

  “I been ready. Hurry up,” Havoc complained, striding into the living room. He was dressed exactly the same as Hellen, only instead of leaves and twigs sticking out of his hair, he wore a plastic hatchet on a headband and had streaks of fake blood streaming from the fake wound. His face was as white as Hellen’s with dark circles as well.

  Valerie had even gone so far as to use the white and gray makeup on their arms and the backs of their hands to trace their veins in shadows. They each carried big, plastic axes that had also been stained with fake blood. They looked great.

  Havoc looked critically at Maverik. “Yeah, it’s better that you’re a dead motorcycle guy. You look more better as a dead motorcycle guy instead of a dead werewolf.”

  “Think it looks believable?” Maverik asked, striking a pose and waiting for comment.

  “Yes, I do,” Havoc said. “Did you really mess up your coat for Halloween?”

  “Naw, we got one from the thrift store. Mine’s still in there all safe and sound,” Maverik explained, walking over to look at the road rash that Valerie had created with makeup on his skin.

  Valerie walked into the living room, looking Maverik up and down appreciatively. “Damn. I love that look on you, even with all the blood and gore.”

  Maverik turned to look at Valerie and started laughing as she walked into the living room with a big smile on her face. “You look great!” Maverik said, still laughing and walking over and giving her a peck on the lips.

  “I don’t get it,” Hellen said.

  Valerie was wearing a white leotard and white stockings with white high-heeled pumps. She carried a huge rubber knife and wore a white tutu with Fruit Loops hot glued to it. So much so that all you could see was cereal.

  “Mom’s a cereal killer. Get it?” Maverik asked. “That’s going to be the best one we see tonight.”

  The kids stared at Valerie’s costume for a couple minutes before Hellen finally shrugged. “It’s pretty,” she said.

  “Yeah, you look really pretty, Mama,” Havoc agreed.

  “Hey, I’ll take it,” Valerie said. “Besides, this is more for the adults than the kids. I thought it would be fun,” she said as they all headed outside to meet up with everyone else.

  “It is fun, and I got it right away. And,” Maverik said with that wicked look on his face, “I get hungry later, I can just eat my way through that tutu,” he said, his wolf’s eyes flashing as he licked his lips.

  “Eww, that cereal has glue on it. We got some in the kitchen without glue on it,” Havoc said. “Just eat that.”

  “Maverik!” Valerie rushed out.

  “What? The boy told me not to eat it with the glue on it. I understand,” Maverik said chuckling. As he stood back and waited for the kids and Valerie to walk past him so he could close the door, he looked Valerie up and down, and gave her a look that said he’d be having more than cereal later and licked his lips. “Damn woman, still just as hot as ever. Just you wait,” he growled.

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  In the meantime Bam had pulled up behind Bane, and Kaid and Barron had come outside. They were all chitchatting and waiting for Delilah to come outside. Maverik, Valerie and their family had loaded in their van and driven over. Maverik left the van running but got out and walked over to see what the hold up was.

  “Waiting on Delilah,” Kaid called out.

  “I like your little panties,” Maverik teased.

  “Thank you, I wore ‘em just for you,” Kaid popped off.

  “Come here, Remi!” Daniel called.

  Remi unbuckled, then opened the door and went over to his Papa. “I’m here,” Remi said.

  “Show ‘em what your costume does,” Daniel encouraged.

  “Okay,” Remi said excitedly. Then he pressed the button inside his costume that caused the snout to glow and smoke to mist from the nostrils.

  “Oh, man! That’s awesome!” Bam called out from his car. “Come show the girls!”

  “Alright!” Remi answered and ran over to Bam’s car to show off his costume.

  “Holy crap,” Bane said, his eyes focused on Kaid’s house.

  “What?” Kaid asked, turning around.

  “I am ready, my Bear!” Delilah shouted.

  “Kaid, you let that woman out of your sight for thirty seconds tonight, we’re going to be hiding frozen bodies. Some dumbass is going to try to touch her and she’s going to freeze ‘em,” Maverik said.

  “Yeah, but damn. Look at my woman!” he said proudly.

  Delilah strutted down the front steps of her house in her thigh high black spike heeled boots. She wore a skin-tight, shiny black cat suit with white ribbons tied at the wrists. She’d pulled her hair back in a sleek ponytail and wore a headband with cat ears on it, and a black eye mask over her face. They didn’t see it until she turned at just the right angle, but she also wore a tail attached to the back of her cat suit.

  As she approached, she smiled at Kaid. She knew full well the picture she made and the effect she’d have on him. “I’m Cat Woman,” she said, opening her mouth to hiss at him before licking her lips.

  “Daddy! Mama’s Cat Woman. We have to wrestle her and win ‘cause she’s the bad guy!” Barron shouted, starting to perform his pu
nches and kicks while shouting ‘kapowie’ and ‘boom’ while pretending to be fighting a bad guy.

  “I give you my word I’ll wrestle her before this night is through. She won’t be getting away,” Kaid said, looking at her like she was his next treat.

  “Is everyone ready? We do not want to be late to arrive at Vince and Natalie’s home,” Delilah said.

  “Yeah, I’m ready,” Kaid said suggestively.

  Delilah gave him a seductive smile. “It is better than Bat Girl, isn’t it?” she asked.

  “Oh, hell yeah,” Kaid agreed.

  “Hold on, I want to see if ya’ll get my woman’s costume,” Maverik said.

  “She’s a dead something,” Bam shouted from his vehicle parked beside Bane’s.

  “No. She’s not. She didn’t get into the whole dead thing and came up with her own,” Maverik said, turning toward his van and whistling.

  Valerie rolled down the window. “What?”

  “Come here, I want see what they think of your costume,” Maverik said.

  “Maverik…” Valerie answered.

  “Come on,” Mav insisted.

  “Fine,” she said. She reached over and turned off the engine and took the keys with her, since Hellen and Havoc were both sitting in their car seats in the second seats of the van. “I’ll be right back. Sit here and be good.”

  “Okay,” they both answered. And they meant it. They wanted candy and they knew if they got in trouble, they wouldn’t be allowed to go trick-or-treating.

  Valerie walked up to Maverik and stood beside him. Avaleigh, who was watching through the open driver’s side of their SUV, started laughing. “Oh my gosh! You win! That’s the best costume of the night! I love it!”

  Valerie grinned at Avaleigh. “Thank you! I thought it was too cute.”

  “It is!” Avaleigh answered.

  Bane looked at Valerie from his mini-van, took in the cereal glued to her tutu, and the butcher knife in her hand, then it hit him. He started laughing. “She’s a cereal killer.”