Morana Valdis has spent seventeen years drenched in blood, chaos, and ruthless obedience to her father's empire. Normal childhood traditions were never part of her world, least of all Halloween, a holiday that should practically have her name carved into it.
This year, that changes.
With Ranger, Hunter, and Nash at her side, Morana is finally ready to taste the kind of simple, stupid fun other teens take for granted. Costumes. Candy. Carved pumpkins. A night free from orders and bodies.
But nothing in a Valdis life stays simple for long. The horrors waiting in the dark aren't the kind whispered in children's stories; they're real, hungry, and staring straight at the Reaper Queen herself.
Tonight, Morana may get her first Halloween...
But will she get treats or will the Reaper get tricked?
Mallory and Holden Kent have endured a lifetime of judgment from a family that prides itself on being perfect. Every year, the Kent Halloween Dinner is treated like a sacred holiday; polished silver, forced smiles, and enough tension to cut with a carving knife.
The twins always survive it with harmless pranks.
But not this year.
This Halloween, Mallory and Holden are done playing nice. The tricks are sharper. The stakes are deadlier. And the family traditions?
Well... this time, they really are to die for.