Dashing Home for Chrstmas by Raines Harmony

Author:Raines, Harmony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harmony Raines
Published: 2021-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight – Gina

“What is that?” Gina twirled her finger around. “What just happened?”

“I’m a shifter,” he explained quickly. “I was born with the ability to shift from a human form to a reindeer.” His forehead creased. “Not that I could shift from when I was born, a shifter doesn’t get those abilities until they reach puberty.”

“Oh, well, that explains everything,” Gina said drily as she put her hands to her cheeks and shook her head. “It’s impossible. But it can’t be impossible because I just saw it happen and I touched you. I put my hand on the reindeer’s head and touched him. He was real, he was there.”

“He’s very real. As real as I am.”

“But he can fly.” She held out her hands, needing an explanation. It defied all logic. “How can he fly?”

“I’m one of...” He chewed the inside of his cheek and raked his hand through his hair. “I thought that you seeing me shift and then seeing my reindeer fly was going to be hard to believe…”

“Tell me.” She needed to know. Surely things couldn’t get any worse.

“My reindeer gets to fly for a few nights every year...” He took a deep breath. “Because we are part of the team that pulls Santa’s sleigh.”

Laughter bubbled up inside of her and she covered her mouth with her hands to stop the hysterics that threatened. Then she sobered. “You’re actually serious.”

“I’m very serious. It’s the truth. It also gives you a way to get to your brother’s house. I can borrow a sleigh and take you home. Tonight.”

The laughter returned and she shook her head as her brain tried to put the words he was saying into order, so they made sense. But there was nothing about this that made sense. Shifting wasn’t a thing and yet she’d seen it. Reindeer couldn’t fly and yet she’d witnessed it right here. Was it such a stretch to believe that she was standing in front of one of Santa’s reindeer and he was offering to fly her home?

“This is crazy.”

“We went over a ten in terms of freaky, didn’t we?” Dash came toward her, his concern evident as he reached out for her.

Gina’s first instinct was to turn around and run. But she had nowhere to run. She was stranded here with a shifter. “We went way past a ten. Yes.”

“It’s all real, Gina. And I can get you home.”

“Is it just you?” she asked. “And the other reindeer who pull the sleigh?” What was she saying? Did she really believe all of this was real?

“We are the only ones who can fly. But there are other shifters. Both here and in the world outside of Wishing Moon Bay.”

“They live everywhere?” Her teeth shattered as the shock of this new discovery sank in. “I could pass a shifter on the street or sit and have lunch with one and never know.”

“Yes. Unless they decided to tell you, you would never know.”

“Why is this such a big secret?” Of course, she knew why.

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