The weeks leading to their California trip felt like one big blur. Magnus had somehow managed to keep himself in Halfton for the whole week of Christmas, even Justin and Piolo only flew back to Dreadus once. When Faith asked about it, her Head Alpha said, "I've gotten more people to help me run things since I'll also be starting a legitimate business with Anderson here. Besides, it's about time I stopped micromanaging everything. It'll take some time to get used to trusting people to do my work, but... I'll learn."
Somehow, without asking, Faith knew his decision was as much for her as it was for him. Magnus was now trying to have more time with her here.
They all celebrated the holidays and New Year's together, with Magnus having to fly back to Dreadus so suddenly on January 2. He came
