Damien’s Christmas (Excerpt)
Standing on the threshold of the White House Situation Room shouldn’t be this strange, but Cornelia could not remember a single moment of greater change in her life. Taking the next step seemed beyond her capabilities. And it wasn’t merely the Situation Room—which was actually a large complex of rooms in the basement of the West Wing. This was the entry to the President’s Briefing Room, the keystone conference room. This is where the nation’s hardest decisions were made and she absolutely didn’t belong here.
“Well, here’s a day I never thought I’d see,” President-elect Zachary Thomas chuckled from close behind her. “The day anything would slow down Ms. Cornelia Day.”
Fighting to keep her reactions to herself, she took the step, and the next five, her heels e
