A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween: Dragonlings of Valdier by S. E. Smith Page B

balls. He lay on his back, staring up
at the sky through the center of one of the hollow trees. Little
lights danced like the fireflies he had seen back on Earth.
    This was Trisha’s doing, he thought
as he saw the reflected image of a full moon.
    A slender hand touched his, and he turned
his head to stare into his mate’s beautiful eyes. A smile danced
around her lips as he stared up at her in surprise, then in desire.
She knew he was trying to figure out why she was dressed so
funny.
    "It would appear I've found me a Lost Boy,"
she murmured as she sank down beside him.
    "B á lint?" Kelan
asked in a husky voice.
    "Playing with Roam in the Bubble Room, Bio
is watching them. Riley has gone to get Vox," she whispered as he
drew her down over the top of him.
    "I hope she takes her time," Kelan murmured
as he captured her lips.
    *.*.*
    Riley adjusted the sheet so she could see
better, smoothing it down so that the eye holes were even. She had
to hand it to Emma. For someone who was so shy and reserved, she
really knew how to make a ghost costume that was sexy as hell.
    Riley glanced down at the thigh high pink
faux fur and Rhinestone high heeled boots. The sheet only went as
far as her upper thighs and sparkled like it was covered in a
million diamonds. Even the eye holes were framed with tiny
jewels.
    "Damn, but I look good!" She whispered with
a grin.
    The fact that all she had on under the sheet
was a pair of matching pink lace panties and bra didn't hurt her
self-esteem either. She definitely had never had a ghost costume
like this before! Pearl would have had a heart attack if she’d
tried to leave their small apartment in this get up.
    She carefully opened the door in the tree
and stepped out. Shutting it firmly behind her, she rounded the
tree just in time to hear a loud snarl and see a flash of fur
several yards ahead of her. Biting her lip to keep from giggling,
she strode through the makeshift forest amazed at how real-life it
looked.
    The theme parks would be eating their
hearts out for something like this, she thought as she peeked
around another tree.
    Vox was turning in a tight circle sniffing
the air. A low rumble escaped him, sending a shiver of desire
through Riley. She rolled her eyes behind the sheet. The warm heat
that pooled wasn’t coming from her cat, it was one hundred percent
her reacting to Vox’s sexy growl.
    Riley decided that if she wanted to get back
to bed before daylight, she’d better push her wayward pheromones
back under control. Raising her arms up, she stepped out from
behind the tree and started making ghost sounds. What she didn’t
realize was that at the same time as she stepped out from behind
the tree, the program running the ghostly wolf pack restarted.
    Three of the huge creatures suddenly
appeared in front of her. The light from the hologram caught on the
Rhinestones, causing them to flash with twinkling brilliance.
    Riley knew she was in trouble the moment Vox
turned. If she thought his hair was standing up before, it was
nothing compared to what it was doing now. It looked like he had
just come out of a commercial dryer filled with static
electricity.
    Dropping her arms to her side, she stood
looking at him for a fraction of a second before deciding retreat
was probably a good idea. She turned at the same time as he emitted
an ear-shattering roar of rage. Reaching for the tree as she
tripped over one of the roots, she fell onto the soft ground
material with her ass up in the air.
    A low cry escaped her when she felt Vox’s
hot breath against her ass. Covering her head, she waited to feel
his sharp teeth and claws rip into her flesh. Instead, warm hands
ran up over the curve of her buttocks.
    “Riley,” Vox choked out.
    Rolling onto her back, she peeked up at him
through the sheet. A soft moan escaped her when his hands followed
her roll and ended up at the top of her thighs. Licking her lips,
she looked into his stunned eyes.
    “Hi, Tiger,” she whispered in a