Alex said to himself, looking around. Lit up candy canes placed here and there in the front yard, a Christmas tree in the living room that touched the ceiling with its brilliant star, festoons of lights draped along the stairs, garland mixed with lights running the length of the fireplace and more. The two men didn’t know one person could accumulate so many boxes of decorations. Right after Thanksgiving, she had them come to her place to pick up boxes full of decorations. There were fifteen—fifteen big tubs of holiday cheer. That’s what she called them. When it came to Tempest Boliene, the guys—Alex Wakefield and Dominic Cross—never knew what to expect, but that is what they loved about their mate. That was their family: two shifters who were mated to one woman. And they swore that their life had only gotten better since she came into it. Life had been quiet since the Halloween incident on their plantation and because of that confrontation, they had broken away from the Acadia’s pack leader Vernon’s control and no longer had to report to him.
