A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween: Dragonlings of Valdier by S. E. Smith

Chapter 1
    Trelon’s dragon stirred deep inside of him.
Its low groan echoed through him, pulling him awake. Unsure of what
had woken him, he lay still with his eyes closed and let his senses
take over. He was under attack.
    Again, his dragon groaned, rolling
over inside of him and burying its head. You get this
time.
    Coward, Trelon replied as the soft
sound of a muffled giggle filled the air.
    His lips twitched as he tried to act like he
wasn't aware of what was about to happen. The covers of the bed
tugged and moved for a brief second before it stopped. Another
soft, muffled giggle escaped. At least he knew where one of his
attackers was this time. Now, he needed to find out where the other
one was hiding.
    He rolled over onto his back and cracked his
eyelids just enough to scan down the bed. The small lump under the
covers moved stealthily toward him. From the giggle, it had to be
Jade. Lifting the covers up so he could see her, he grinned when
she froze.
    “Caught you!” Trelon growled in triumph
before his brow creased into a frown as he studied her. “What have
you two gotten into this time? Where’s your sister?”
    Jade gave him a mischievous grin, causing
Trelon’s eyes to widen in suspicion. Alarm spread through him when
she suddenly scurried up under the covers and he got a better look
at her. Was that thread holding together deep cuts to her head,
face and neck? And why was she turning green? Throwing the covers
back, he barely had time to open his arms before she hit him in the
chest with a low growl.
    Symba, where are you? Jade is hurt, he called out in panic as he held her up above him so he could see
the injuries better.
    “Dada,” Jade squealed.
    “Dada!” Amber yelled.
    Trelon’s eyes widened even further when he
saw Amber’s body falling through the air above him as she suddenly
shifted over the bed. He barely had time to lay Jade next to him so
he could catch the falling figure of his other daughter in his
arms. He grunted and winced when her foot caught him in the crotch.
He swore he was going to have to start wearing protective gear as
the girls got older.
    A muffled curse escaped him when he saw
Amber’s face. Since when did she grow hair? On her face? He pulled
back as she snapped her sharp teeth at him and growled fiercely.
Now that, he was used to.
    “Cara!” Trelon yelled as Jade, not to be out
done, crawled onto his stomach and started bouncing up and down.
“Cara! Help!”
    A loud yelp escaped him when Jade landed
lower at the same time as Amber successfully bit down on his ear.
He didn’t stand a chance when they doubled up on him, which was
always. The beautiful laughter of his mate echoed in the room a
moment before his lower extremities were rescued from further
harm.
    The moment Jade was safely tucked in Cara’s
arms, he wrapped his arms around Amber’s wiggling body and rolled.
The move made her squeal loudly in his ear. The thought that he
didn’t really need to hear out of that ear anymore swept through
his mind for a brief moment before he buried his nose in her neck
and nibbled.
    A muffled laugh escaped him when she
squealed again. Pulling back, he gazed down at her with a puzzled
expression. His mouth automatically opened when she reached up to
it. He nibbled absent-mindedly on her tiny fingers as her furry
face stared up at him with adoring eyes.
    “You look like a miniature Vox,” he said
with a frown. “How did that happen?”
    “She’s a Werewolf,” Cara chuckled, sitting
on the bed and releasing Jade.
    “What happened to Jade?” Trelon asked in
concern as she climbed up on his back and hung her green head over
his shoulder.
    “She’s Jadenstein,” Cara teased. “I’m
working on costumes for them. I was able to create a program that
will show them what they would look like dressed as different
things. They both went nuts when they saw the pictures of a
Werewolf and Frankenstein. I’ll show it to you later.”
    Trelon pushed up as Amber rolled and