A Pinerock Bear Christmas by Zoe Chant

Author:Zoe Chant [Chant, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-11T18:30:00+00:00

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Christmas dinner was a chaotic affair. There was no big dining room table, and no room for one in either the kitchen or the living room. Instead, the kitchen table groaned under a load of food—ham and roast beef swimming in juices, baked yams and potatoes au gratin, crisp salad, mashed potatoes and a huge bowl of gravy—and everyone loaded plates and circulated, finding places to sit wherever they could.

Gloria found a place to sit beside Jaron on the couch. His shoulder brushed hers; her leg was pressed against his. Nobody seemed to mind if she was a little bit quiet, letting the cheerful chatter wash over her. Instead she looked around the room at all of these people who had been strangers to her a few hours earlier.

Tara and Axl sitting cross-legged on the floor with Lexie sleeping on a pillow between them, playfully feeding each other bites of food.

Remy with his big tattooed arms around his little son, holding Baz on his lap while the little boy chewed on a biscuit; Saffron with her arm around him and head resting on his shoulder.

Gannon, Daisy, and Fern in a corner by the Christmas tree, inseparable since the big, scar-faced bear shifter had returned from his trip into the snow to rescue the calf.

Crystal sitting in Cody's lap, his hand resting protectively over her pregnant belly, as if daring anyone to mess with his mate and child.

Alec and Charmian presided over the whole business as hosts and co-alphas, rarely touching each other in the open way of the other couples, but their deep love and respect for each other was obvious in every covert glance, in every casual brush of fingertips to the other's arm or hip.

Baz dozed off in Remy's arms. Saffron leaned down to kiss the little boy on top of his dark hair, and smiled at the others. "Well, it's getting late. I think we're going to head across the yard to our own house."

Tara smothered a yawn. "I was just thinking the same thing. If we get Lexie down for the night now, maybe she won't wake up before morning."

Remy chuckled and looked over at the other couple as he gently rocked his sleeping son. "Yeah, dream on."

"Remember what it used to be like to sleep through the night?" Daisy asked with a smile, tipping her head back to look up at Gannon. She was sitting between his legs on the floor, with tiny Fern asleep in her arms.

Gannon smiled down at her and pulled her against his chest. "Wouldn't change a thing."

Daisy started to say something else, but interrupted herself with a jaw-cracking yawn. "Mmmm," she murmured, snuggling against her mate's chest. "I guess we should be thinking about getting home too."

"Nobody's going anywhere in all this snow," Alec said firmly. "You're all spending the night here. No arguments."

"Like any of us would try to argue with you, boss," Cody said in a voice that was just a trace too innocent to be insolent.

"Is there room for everyone, though?" Crystal asked.

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