"Merry Christmas," he said weakly.
The eyes blinked; once, twice and then they disappeared and the curtain fell into place. The door opened a crack.
"Do I know you?" she asked.
Travis' mother always bought Christmas cards with angels on the front. The angels always had round, girlish faces with round, rosy cheeks and big round sparkling eyes. He remembered him and his sisters teasing her about it and asking why she never chose cards with angels who looked like them.
"Because you're no angels," she'd laughed. "These," she said and tapped the cards, "were what I asked for. You, were what I got."
"No one gets angels who look like that," they'd laughed back. "They aren't real."
This creature was living proof that he and his sisters were wrong. Someone else had gotten the angel his mother asked for. She was standing right in front of him, raising her eyebrows and waiting for him to speak.
"Oh, um, the Al…"he began in his normal voice until he saw the pup sitting in the middle of the floor with his thumb in his mouth. He deepened his tone to Santa level.
"No ma'am, I don't think you do, but the Mate said there was a little fella up here who didn't have a chimney, so I thought it best to knock."
"Oh." She opened the door fully and stepped back to allow him to enter which he did with a hearty "Ho, ho, ho!" and bent to smile at the little boy with a baby's version of his mother's face.
The boy's eyes got wide. The sucking mouth released the thumb and he raised his arms to his mother and screamed.
BOOKS BY JACQUELINE RHOADES
Thanks for reading Guardian's Faith, the fourth book in my Guardians of the Race Series. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. If you'd like to know more about me, and the books I've written, or read excerpts from my work, you can visit me at http://www.jacquelinerhoades.com
Other Paranormal Romances By Jacqueline Rhoades
The Guardians Of The Race Series
Guardian's Grace #1
Guardian's Hope #2
Guardian's Joy #3
Alpha's Mate Series
The Alpha's Mate
The Alpha's Choice
The Alpha's Daughter
*Contemporary Romance*
Hidden Mountain Series
Preston's Mill
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