#Chapter 76 – Party Time

The four of us spend most of the day lounging on the couch, pleasantly buzzed off red wine, watching movies. Or, more accurately, Orion and Laila watch movies, and Anton and I watch them. “They’re so cute,” I murmur, leaning close to my ghost and idly slipping some popcorn into my mouth. “Technological infants,” Anton says with a happy sigh, looking over to where Laila is pressed to Orion’s side, her hands wrapped tight around his arm, both of them watching rapt as an ice-blessed Princess rushes across a frozen wasteland, desperate to save her sister. “Let’s show them a horror movie next,” I whisper, wicked. Anton huffs a laugh and glances down at me. “Cruel little bat.” I wrinkle my nose at him and nod, making him laugh harder and lean close. “You know what we should really show them next is –“ But he doesn’t finish his thought. Because two dark envelopes appear on the coffee table before us. Laila’s eyes dart down. “Oh no,” she whispers. “No, I think they’re goi