Miss Claus and the Secret Santa by J.L. Hendricks

Author:J.L. Hendricks [Hendricks, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J.L. Hendricks Publishing
Published: 2016-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Once we sat down, they looked at me with smiles on their faces. “What? Do I have something on my face?”

“Yes,” Palo responded. “A beautiful smile. Care to share what made you smile like that?”

“I just realized that you are going to make a wonderful Santa. Listening to how you have started to connect with the kids is amazing.” I reached out to grab his hand and squeezed it.

He leaned in and kissed me on my temple. “Thank you. This is all so new to me. I have so much to learn. Knowing that you have faith in me and can see the Santa inside me, that is enough to give me the strength I need to do this.”

“Ok, kids, let’s stop with the kissy kissy and order our breakfast. The boys have already eaten. They will meet us back at the plane when we are done here.” Dad chuckled as he opened the menu to the breakfast selection.

“I don’t know if you knew this, but I am not a kid. I am actually thirty years old. I have been my pack’s alpha for over ten years, since my father died.” Palo looked at my dad and waited for his response.

My response, well, let’s just say he looks really, really, really great for a thirty year old wolf! I thought he was around twenty-three or twenty-four, no older. Ten years difference, he was probably much more experienced than I was too.

“Really? This should be interesting. I don’t think there has been a new Santa who was over twenty-two. Strange that the magic chose you. But you do seem very prepared for what is to come, at least on the Santa front.” Dad looked at me and smiled.

I gave him my stink eye, and he quietly looked down to his menu and shut up.

“Palo, you might be right about us needing to get to know each other more. I just hope that you don’t plan on waiting too long.”

“If this were a normal situation, you wouldn’t even be looking at me yet. Your choosing ceremony wouldn’t happen for another six weeks. Plus, I would not have come.”

“What? Why not?” I almost yelled. How could he not consider coming to my choosing ceremony?

“Because, I no longer have a pack. And I would have thought I was too old for you. I guess the Magic just knew how to get us together, huh?”

“Yeah, I guess so. Although, I wouldn’t have had a choosing ceremony. My parents had arranged a marriage for me.”

He looked up at my dad and me with wide eyes. “What, you are engaged to someone else?”

“No, I was. Until I could prove that Christmas Magic didn’t approve. You should know that the guy wasn’t into me that way either. We have grown up together, more like best friends than anything else. You will meet him when we get back. His name is Rock…” The waiter interrupted us and asked for our order. Which I was thankful for. I didn’t think I was ready to tell him about Rock.

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