Ho, Ho, Ho! A Christmas Charlie Boone story!!
That sure is a big office the boys have rented. At least they have Amy to keep things running smoothly and I suspect anything that crept up behind her and grabbed her, would be in for a very frosty reception.
Interesting start. We have movers and shifters.
Adam's reaction to even the remote possibility of being returned to his parents' 'care', is indeed understandable.
There are definitely a few more twists and turns to come.
An angel, a vampire, a werewolf and a human walk into a bar.
“Halo, what can I get you?” the barman says to the angel.
“My friend here,” replies the angel, pointing to the vampire, “would like a Bloody Mary.”
“Ah, she's sitting at the table over by the window. And what about the other two?”
“Well he,” this time pointing at the werewolf, “can hardly ever make up his mind what he wants. He just keep changing, but based on last night, I suspect he needs the hair of a dog.”
Luckily I don't know the hippopotamus song, and based on what has been said about it, I'll decline the invitation to find out what I have missed! While it isn't Christmassy, 'How much is that doggy in the window' is plenty sufficient earworm for me. 😁
A very neatly crafted and enjoyable story. Great start to the twelve.
A powerful story. Made even more realistic by recent events. One can only hope that type of legislation will be introduced, although in reality it is a very faint hope. Luckily I live in a country that, following the only occasion such things happened, took drastic action to prevent a recurrence.
Thank you for all your comments. Pleased that you discovered and enjoyed it.
I often find it hard to decide when to end a story and leave my characters, but with this one the appropriate point seemed to be with the first time they made real love on Wayne's sacred land.