A Gift for Nicholas: A SciFi Alien Warrior Holiday Romance (Horned Holidays) by Honey Phillips

Author:Honey Phillips [Phillips, Honey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Mama. Mama!” Lottie’s insistent voice finally penetrated Jenna’s exhausted sleep. She had tossed and turned for what seemed like hours the previous night, missing the comfort of the big bed on the ship. Missing Nicholas. No matter how often she tried to tell herself that she had done the right thing, she kept remembering him standing there alone.

Lottie had been equally subdued, her small body drooping, but now she sounded like her usual self as she tugged impatiently on the blanket.

“Wake up, Mama.”

“What is it, sweetheart? Why are you up so early?”

“There’s a clatter!”

“A clatter? What do you mean?” Her sleep fogged mind was having a hard time keeping up.

“A clatter on the roof. Do you think it’s Santa?”

A sudden wild flare of hope made her eyes spring open, even though she knew it was ridiculous. Why would he have followed them here?

“Listen,” Lottie insisted.

This time she heard it – a low scraping noise on the roof over the passageway which always leaked. Jumping up, she wrapped her robe around her shoulders and headed for the window. Dawn was only just breaking, the dim gray light barely enough to distinguish the trees from the surrounding fields, but everything looked normal. No tall, red clad figure was standing in the clearing.

The scraping noise occurred a second time, and she threw open the window, craning her neck to try and see the roof but it was impossible from this angle. Lottie and Nutty followed enthusiastically as she made her way to the side door and then out onto the snow-covered grass.

He was there, his big body crouched on the rooftop, his horns silhouetted against the gradually paling sky. As she watched, he pulled a wooden shake out of a big bag and slid it into place on the roof. Her heart skipped a beat.

“Nicholas. What are you doing up there?”

He paused long enough to look back over his shoulder at her. She couldn’t quite make out his expression, but his voice was as cool and arrogant as always.

“I am mending your roof, of course.”

“Yes, I can see that. But why?”

There was the slightest hesitation. “Because I do not want the child to become ill again.”

Without waiting for a response, he bent back over his task. He hadn’t exactly answered her question, but it seemed silly to continue yelling up at him while he was on the roof. She looked down at Lottie, who was smiling happily as she watched Nicholas, and sighed.

“Come inside for breakfast when you’re finished.”

It wasn’t until he dipped his head in a brief assent that she realized how much she had wanted him to agree. This is a bad idea, she thought, but as she headed inside to begin the meal, she smiled.

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