“M-Maybe he was just worried Aiden was making you, um, uncomfortable?” Laura offered weakly.
I shook my head, glancing through the last few costumes left on the rack. “You and I both know that’s not it. Aiden’s the last guy who’d ever make someone feel weird. The guy probably couldn’t even hurt a fly.” I paused, hand lingering over some chintzy-looking witch’s dress before shaking my head. Maybe public Aiden couldn’t, but I’d seen what he was capable of as a lycanthrope.
Laura nodded slightly, curling a strand of her platinum-blonde bob behind her ears. “Well, h-have you told anyone else about you and, uh, Aiden dating?”
“Just you so far,” I replied. “And, at least for now, I’d like to keep it like that.”
Again, Laura nodded furiously, thick-rimmed glasses sliding slightly down the
