The Omega's Krampus Christmas by Lorelei M. Hart

Author:Lorelei M. Hart [Hart, Lorelei M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Decadent Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Jordan

“Why do I have to go to school? We only have Krampus for another week.” She was sitting on her bed, her arms crossed.

“Because the roads are cleared and if you don’t go, it’s considered being truant.” I sat down beside her. “You know what truant means?”

“It’s when Jasper won’t go to school because he wants to play video games and Mr. Simon has to go to his house and go get him.” My jaw nearly dropped. How could a classroom with kids her age already have students who needed the principal to go get them?

“Yes, that. And if Mr. Simon comes here, what will he see?” Her eyes went wide with terror. Being up on the side of the mountain so completely hidden away had us able to just be and not worry about Krampus being seen. Playing hooky, that was a different thing altogether.

“They could come and hurt Krampus.” She got up and off the bed. “That wouldn’t be worth it. I’ll go to school and even do my work.”

“You always do your work,” I reminded her.

“Of course I do. If I don’t, Trudy isn’t allowed to recess.” She grabbed her doll off the bed. “I better go get my quantity time with Krampus before we need to go.”

“Quality time? That means really worthwhile time. Quantity means a lot.” I stood up, ready to walk down with her.

“I already got us some quantity time.” She waggled her finger at me. “You need to get us more. It’s almost Christmas, and I don’t have any more ideas.”

The sadness in her little face as she tried to take control of the situation…it was almost too much.

“We’ll figure something out, honey. We will.” I just didn’t know how, but she was right. We were running out of time and rapidly. “Let’s get you breakfast.”

“I’ll race you.”

She won. I didn’t even pretend to sprint. I needed a few minutes to pull myself together. When I got downstairs, she was eating her oatmeal, and Krampus was telling her all the fun things they could do when she got home. It looked like there were some crafts in my future and a whole lotta glitter.

“I’ll be back in a bit. It sounds like I need to stop at the store on my way to get supplies.”

“I’ll be here.” He smiled back at me. Maybe it was the amount of time we’d been spending together or maybe it was the lighting, but his toothy grin looked less deadly and more sweet today than it ever had. I wanted to reach over and kiss him. I didn’t, of course. Not only was it inappropriate, but we had an impressionable audience.

Dropping Thea off was easier than I feared it might be. She wanted to keep him safe, to protect him, and if that meant going to school and missing some “quantity” time, she was all for it. She was such a strong little alpha already.

I did stop at the store for gobs of craft supplies and some odds and ends that caught my eye.

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