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

Dom thought he saw space up ahead and aimed for it, hope rising in his chest. Almost out. He stumbled from the dead corn stalks and back into the maze. His disappointment that he hadn’t gotten out was overshadowed by the jolt of despair that sickened him as he realized he was staring into the barrel of a rifle.


Bobby stood before him, an old man with white wispy hair wearing a mended plaid shirt. His eyes glinted in the moonlight, and his mouth quirked up at Dom, the offering that had appeared directly before his gun.


It occurred to him, as the short time stretched out into long seconds, that he should be angrier that he was here, that he was young yet, his life ahead of him, getting shot for no reason. It occurred to him that he should be pissed that the last thing he was going to see was this man’s ugly smile of sociopathic triumph. It occurred to him that he should try to jump away, to dodge, to run, even if the shot would get him all the same.


Chapter 65