Tomorrow was Christmas Eve and Allison was super busy. She and Deucalion had invited their friends over for dinner and presents. The two of them had agreed to save their presents for each other for Christmas morning. Right now, she was preparing all types of foods she could. Thanksgiving was for the turkey and stuffing, but Christmas was all snacking. That's how she'd always done it.
She was in the middle of cutting up the veggies for the veggie tray and had dinner in the oven when Deucalion came in. He stomped his boots and shook himself while he took off his leather jacket. Over the past week, a cold front had moved in town causing bouts of icy wind and snow.
Allison grinned over at him. "Hey, baby."
He smiled, blowing into his hands as he came over to the counter. "Hey. Smells good i
