A Unicorn For Christmas – Zoe Chant (1)

Is this actually happening? She didn’t realize she’d sunk to her knees until she felt the coldness of the snow beginning to soak through her clothes. She knew she should get up, but right now, she just wasn’t sure she had the strength. Everything Declan had said was true. Everything he’d told her about him being able to change into a unicorn wasn’t a joke after all – it was real.

So I guess everything else must be too, Callie thought, lightheaded. About how this town was founded for unicorns to live in. About Joanne and Laura being unicorns as well. She shook her head, feeling her heart beating like a drum in her chest. But what does all of that really mean?

Did it mean that she, as an ordinary human, wasn’t welcome here? Declan had said unicorns thought the outside world was dangerous – and after everything that had happened to her, Callie was honestly inclined to agree. “I –” she started, before realizing she had absolutely no idea what to say. What did someone talk about with a unicorn? As if sensing both her speechlessness and her inability to get up under her own power, the unicorn – Declan – made its way slowly over to her, golden hooves tapping on the cobblestones beneath the light covering of snow.

Slowly, gently, as if testing her reaction, the unicorn stretched out its neck, nuzzling its velvety nose against her shoulder. “It’s – it’s okay, I’m not scared,” Callie said, her words coming out in a rush. She’d meant it to reassure Declan, but to her surprise, she found that the words were true.

She really wasn’t scared, even if she was, well, surprised. But somehow, I still know it’s Declan in there, she thought, as, half- unconsciously, she lifted her hand to rub her mittened fingers over his nose. Somehow, it’s still him. The unicorn let out a soft, whickering sound, warm breath passing by her cheek, and Callie broke out into a laugh she couldn’t have held back if she tried. This all seemed so unreal. “Okay,” she said through her laughter.

“Okay, I believe you – you’re a unicorn shifter. I get it. Can you like… talk in that form, or do you have to be a human to answer a few questions?” The unicorn snorted a little, stamping the ground with one hoof. She supposed that was the answer to her question – while he was a unicorn, he could only communicate in more horsey ways.

This book stands alone. However, it’s the third in the heartwarming Shifters for Christmas series, featuring agents of the Shifter Patrol Corp and their mates. Each book features a new couple. If you’d like to read the series in order, the first three books in the series are: A Griffin for Christmas (Rowan and Emilia’s book) A Dragon for Christmas (Garrett and Georgia’s book) A Hippogriff for Christmas (Beau and Annie’s book) Or you can buy all three books here, in one convenient collection!: Shifters for Christmas Collection One 1kitap1.com/en T C H A P T E R 1 here were thirty-seven steps between his desk and his boss’s door, and Declan Reed counted each one as he made his way along the corridor.

He wasn’t usually the type to take notice of these kinds of things. But in this instance, it was the last time he was ever going to take this particular walk, and every single step he took was carrying him closer to the end of his time here, away from his unicorn clan, living in the human world he’d come to love so much.

Twenty-four steps left. Declan had always known this time would come – that had been part of the agreement he’d made with his clan, after all. Unicorns were secretive, mistrustful of outsiders, even other shifters. They hid themselves away in magically warded enclaves, shunning the outside world as much as they could, though in these modern times it wasn’t possible for them to shut themselves away entirely.

Declan himself had grown up hearing stories about the human world from his uncle, who’d lived and worked amongst humans when he was young. When he was older, his father had taken him down from the mountain where their unicorn clan lived, to show him the world of humans – to show him how much better off unicorns were to simply have as little to do with them as they could. Humans are bad news, Declan, his father had told him.

There’s no reason for us to want to get involved with them – nor any shifter that has anything to do with them. I know a lot of shifter types have compromised over the years, and decided to live with humans, try to be more like them.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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