Tala’s POV Time was just running by like a freight train that had lost its brakes and I couldn’t believe that it was Christmas eve already. It felt as though I had blinked and the time passed in that second when my eyes were closed. I walked into the dining room and people were busy in every corner as they decorated the place for our Christmas eve dinner. I was looking forward to the carols concert the children were presenting to the pack after dinner and then everyone would disperse to their homes and Ridley, his parents, my parents and I would go around handing out the gifts to the different houses for the children. I remember going to bed on Christmas eve and dreaming of what I would find under the tree the next morning, and I finally knew how the gifts found their way there! Even when

