“FOR ONE hour, we pretend we are normal,” Mary announced, clapping her hands like she was calling order to a classroom.
The words carried through the main room of the compound, bouncing off the wooden walls and the tall Christmas tree standing proud beside the fireplace.
Lily paused near the doorway, a box of ornaments in her arms, and looked around at the small crowd gathered inside.
Normal. It sounded almost impossible.
Ronan leaned against the kitchen counter with a mug of coffee, trying very hard to look unimpressed by the decorations. Ayden was laughing at something Taylor said near the couch. A few of the other guys from the club wandered in and out, carrying plates of food and bottles of soda.
And Jeremiah stood by the window, arms crossed, watching everything like a silent gu
