After a chaos-filled summer, Kiko and Dom are ready to ease into a more laidback autumn and really put in some quality time together. Allowing Dom's ex roommate to crash with them, however, turns out to be a mistake when the guy won't leave.<br><br>Dom struggles to cope as Travis dredges up things from his past he'd rather not remember and slowly casts doubts on his relationship with Kiko. Just when the tension seems to be too much, a murder after a Halloween party reignites the spark between Kiko and Dom.<br><br>But when the body count begins to rise, it becomes clear that this is no ordinary killer. With few leads and no end to places the murderer could strike, this could either be a Halloween for Kiko and Dom to remember, or their very last.

Deal with the Deviled Eggs

“You wouldn’t have told me to stay out, then?” demanded Dom.


Kiko glared. “Of course I would have told you to,” he said. “And I’d expect you to not listen to me, per usual. Don’t get pissy that you can’t control me.”


Dom forced himself to take a breath. He hated arguing. He hated other people witnessing him arguing more, though, labeling him the dramatic gay guy. Invalidating his anger. He wanted a way out of this; maybe if they stopped now, they wouldn’t need to revisit it at all.


“I don’t want to control you,” he began. Kiko’s eyes flared.


“Hah,” he said, such a bitter exclamation that Dom lost the hard-earned calm he’d just managed.


“You’re wrong, Kiko. You shouldn’t have—”


“Where’s Chad?” asked Kiko. He turned away from Dom, who couldn’t tell if Kiko was tired of arguing, too, or wanted to piss Dom off more. Maybe a bit of both. Dom gritted his teeth, pushed off from the wall.


“He was right in front of me,” he said. He moved to help Kiko dig.


Chapter 46