Page 56 of Wolfish
She laughed. “I have a mixture of candy.”
“We had fun too.”
When Selena and Daniel arrived at the banquet hall for the party, a couple of pack members stood at the banquet door, making sure that no one entered who wasn’t a wolf—humans looking to crash the party for free food, drinks, and entertainment.
Dance music was playing, and Selena and Daniel met up with Carmela and Michael on the dance floor, happily dancing to the various tunes.
Several others got into the spirit of the music and joined them, no matter what they were wearing.
Darien Silver was a gladiator, and his mate, Lelandi, was a redheaded Cleopatra. Wizards, witches, cowboys and cowgirls, astronauts, pirates, you name it, were kicking up their heels and having a blast.
After several dances, the Hoffman family and Silva and Sam sat down at a table together to eat sliced roast beef and grilled veggies. Deviled spider eggs were popular—little black olives cut in strips on top that made them like spiders. And all kinds of desserts were made up in Halloween fashion—cookies trimmed with icing spiders, chocolate witches’ hats, mini-ghost cakes, and an assortment of other festive treats.
“Love your pirate costumes,” Selena said to Sam and Silva.
“Thanks, sugar.” Selena removed her three-cornered hat. “We’re still looking for the treasure.”
Sam laughed. “I found mine.” He leaned over and kissed her.
“Now that is just the right thing to say,” Carmela said.
“We love your Grecian costumes. Very sexy,” Silva said.
“Thanks. This has been so much fun,” Selena said. “I’ve never been to a Halloween party before and didn’t know what to expect.”
“They’re enjoyable. All the celebrations here are. Everyone does their own thing for Christmas. They have private parties. But we do have a Christmas parade with Santa and Mrs. Claus. They have a New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day party at the banquet hall. The Fourth of July party and Easter parties are at the pack leaders’ home. They used to have a Thanksgiving celebration there, but then the pack got too big. So everybody does their own thing,” Silva said.
“So there are lots of celebrations to enjoy,” Sam said. “We also have Victorian Days where we all dress up for that.”
“Oh, how fun. This sounds like a great place to live for adults and children alike. A great place to raise children,” Selena said.
Silva and Sam both smiled at her.
“In the future, I mean, about the kids,” Selena said, laughing.
Everyone laughed.
“We thought you had some news for us,” Carmela said.
“Not this soon,” Selena said.
Daniel squeezed her hand and smiled.
They finished their dinner and then all of them got up to dance. They only stopped long enough to get drinks of water, and then they were up dancing again.
They stayed until the bewitching hour, and then everyone said good night to everyone else. On the way home, Daniel took hold of Selena’s hand and kissed it. “You are the perfect dance partner.”
“I feel the same way about you. I’m signing us up for all the dances.”
He laughed. “I’m ready for them. I haven’t danced that much in one night ever. But being with my mate, I had the best time ever.”
“I haven’t danced that much at one event either. It was great. We also have our wedding coming up. I guess we won’t be doing a lot of dancing at that though.”
“We’ll make up for it at the other dances,” he said.
“I know why I mated you.” She smiled. “My dance partner for life. At the Halloween party, the costumes were all so great.”
“Ours were the best.”
