Chapter Four
ALANNA SMILED OVER at the woman in front of her, doing her best to appear calming, supportive, the person with all the right answers. However, inside, her wolf growled, pacing back and forth, wanting to bust out and rip apart the bastard who did this to his family. Not something she could allow to happen around the humans she worked with, no matter how strong the urge was. It sucked whenever someone destroyed their family, but at Christmas, it just seemed to be a little crueler. Kids looked forward to this holiday all year long with eager anticipation and childish innocence. To have that innocence shattered was wrong on a level meant to send people to Hell. People did terrible things during the holidays, which was the main reason she dreaded it every year.
“Valerie, I’ve man
