Tensions are running high in Mount Angus as the entire town plans for the annual Be Mount Valentine Heartstival and all residents keep an eye out for the latest relationship drama. Kiko and Dom just want to enjoy life together, a task made difficult by nosy residents demanding to know when they're going to tie the knot. And when Dom discovers Kiko actually hates this holiday, he decides it would be perfect to create a fake proposal.<br><br>But before anyone's matchmaking schemes can get too far, Kiko's employee Chad finds a body rolled in a rug.<br><br>It's obvious there's more than just love in the air, and if Kiko and Dom can't figure out how to work around their emotions, the Heartstival might just end in tragedy.

Eggs and Kisses

“Sarah seems to have had a parakeet,” said Kiko. Dom was unsurprised he was the first to speak. As if in confirmation, the distressed bird gave a screech. “We were trying to get it back in its cage.”


“Only the cage is broken,” said Dom, holding up the twisted bones of the cage he’d found behind the couch. Whoever had done this, he decided, they must really have hated birds.


Gordon let out a little huff and made his slow way across the room to the bird, whistling softly as he went. Dom watched, shocked, as he extended a forefinger and coaxed the parakeet onto it. The bird let him pet it with a finger.


“How—” began Dom, but Kiko was crossing to him.


Chapter 10