Luna twirled the bottle again. It landed on Sebastian.
“On the cheek, I know,” he said.
Luna made a deadly stare at Alexander, then gazed at Sebastian. “On the neck, please,” she said coyly.
Sebastian was stunned, and the crowd cheered.
She stood up and flipped back one of her pink Wednesday Addams braids to expose her porcelain flesh.
Luna put her waify arms around Sebastian’s waist.
“We have to stop this,” I said to Alexander. “He’s going to bite her!”
“He better not!” Alexander charged forward, but the cheering crowd grew larger, blocking our path to the gazebo.
Sebastian grinned and began to lean in to Luna.
I squeezed myself in between a pair of petite cheerleaders.
Sebastian smiled, revealing two shiny fangs. Luna’s eyes closed and she leaned back with delight.
“No!” I screamed.
I jumped between Sebastian and Luna, but at the last moment someone pulled me back.
It was Jagger.
“What are you doing?” voices from the crowd yelled at me.
Alexander and I were mortified. Sebastian was smiling, and Luna was holding her neck, grinning.
She removed her hand. Tiny drops of blood trickled down her neck.
Sebastian turned to me and Alexander, his eyes hazy and his fangs red. He wiped his hand over his mouth and pulled Alexander close.
“I think I’m in love,” he declared. “And this time it’s for real.”
Acknowledgments
I’d like to thank Katherine Tegen, Ellen Levine, and Sarah Shumway for their expertise and guidance in my career.
I’d also like to thank my wonderful family, Dad, Mom, Mark, and Ben, my in-laws, Jerry, Hatsy, Hank, Wendy, Emily, and Max, and my best ghoul friends, Linda and Indigo.