I'll be Home for Christmas (The Demons Age #9)

With Christmas only hours away, Anders does some last minute shopping, preparing a surprise for his lover Selena and decorating a tree for her.

Elsewhere, in another time, this all would have been a matter of course, but it is unusual in Newhaven, a city that has been besieged by demons for longer than any human fighter can recall. The situation is even more atypical because Selena is not at the hospital, helping wounded soldiers with her magic like she usually does. Instead, she has accompanied a group of fighters outside the city, where they hope to close the breach between dimensions that allows the demons to come in, and to stop the invasion once and for all. All Anders can do for now is wait, and hope that Selena will return to him safe and sound.

When she does come back, magic is bursting out of her and she accomplishes true miracles. To Anders, though, the only thing that matters is that, like she promised, she is home for Christmas.

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