Midlife Halloween Shift (Midlife Shifters Book 12) by J.L. Wilder

Author:J.L. Wilder [Wilder, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2021-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

16

***Dulaney***

“You have to come, Dulaney. It’s a big deal. We never got to go before you left because we were too young, but we’re old now. We can go together and dance the night away!”

I was terrible at standing up to peer pressure. It was a miracle that I hadn’t gotten involved in drugs as a teen. “Fine. Fine. I’ll go to the dance.”

“Not the dance, Dulaney. The ball.”

I rolled my eyes, but secretly, I was a little excited. The masquerade ball had been such a huge deal to us as kids. The masks and the dresses had always seemed so grown up and fancy. I couldn’t help but tap into that eagerness to go. “Fine. I’ll go to the ball.”

Henry came up behind me and rested his hands on my hips. “Are you agreeing to go with someone else to the ball before I get my chance to ask you?”

Maise squealed. “This is so perfect. It’s like senior year all over again. You two are as cute as ever and I’m going to sneak out with Arnie later and hope we don’t get caught.”

I couldn’t believe the way everyone who saw Henry touching me just grinned and went about their business. After the way we’d ended, I’d almost expected people to look at me with pity, like I was an idiot who never learned, or to judge us for not following the long-time rules about shifters not mingling with humans. No one seemed surprised or bothered, though. We were old news before we even began.

“So? You going to go to the ball with me?” Henry ran his nose up the side of my neck, making me shiver.

I pressed my back into him and nodded. “Only because all the cool kids are going, though.”

His hands slid around to my stomach and his teeth nipped my earlobe. “Would it be in bad taste to ditch this party?”

I watched as a drunk Maise floated over to Arnie and whispered something in his ear that made him blush. “Have we appeased the fairies enough? I like my soul not nibbled on, thank you.”

“I think they’ve been appeased.” His hands trailed higher. “What about you, though, Laney? Have you been appeased?”

I swallowed a jolt of need and let myself sink into him completely. “Hardly.”

“Then I think it’s imperative that we get you to my house and appease you. What kind of man would I be if I didn’t?” He spun me around and smiled. “Tell Fiona goodnight.”

I nodded and went off to find her. I was ready to call it a night. I had more sex drive than ever and I had the chance to find heaven with the man I was never going to get over. I had to take my chances and live while I could.

Aunt Fi was on her back porch swing with a handsome older man, her legs across his lap. She saw me and gave me a little finger wave. “Going to Henry’s?”

I blushed, still unused to being an adult in her house.

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