Curse of Christmas: A Collection of Paranormal Holiday Stories

by Thea Atkinson

  “So, you think that was what? Some kinda angel, like in the Bible?” George asked her two days later at the Christmas Eve gathering she and Vincent hosted.

  She nodded. “There is no other explanation.”

  Vincent nodded as well. “I am inclined to agree. I am, however, shocked that angels do exist.”

  Benjamin and Mahon both agreed with that. “Demons? Sure. Evil is easy to believe in. Good, not so much,” Benjamin commented.

  Veronica placed a hand on her stomach, which had yet to grow at all. “The angels wanted this little one here, that is certain.”

  Michael nudged Vincent playfully. “How’s it feel, mate?”

  Vincent smiled widely. “Like the best Christmas present ever. They said ‘she’? Truly?”

  Veronica nodded, love and joy welling up inside of her. “And I know exactly what we’re going to name her.”

  “What would that be?”

  “Angelica, after our helpful Christmas angel.”

  The End

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  Lily Luchesi is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of the Paranormal Detectives Series. She is also the co-owner of Partners in Crime Book Services, where she offers a myriad of services alongside her business partner Annie Smith, including editing.

  She was born in Chicago, Illinois, where many of her stories are set. Ever since she was a toddler, her mother noticed her tendency for being interested in all things "dark". At two she became infatuated with vampires and ghosts, and that infatuation turned into a lifestyle. She is also an out member of the LGBT+ community.

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  About Frolicking in the Snow

  Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes at the North Pole before Christmas? Holly and Sage are willing to share some reindeer secrets that have never been disclosed before but only on one condition. That condition being you can’t tell anyone, especially not your children, what you are about to find out. If you agree to this condition, then please feel free to follow them on their adventure through the North Pole.

  Frolicking in the Snow

  You know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. No, this isn’t the Rudolph song, but a behind scenes look at the North Pole during the Christmas season. Some insight into how Santa prepares for his legendary ride all over the world delivering his gifts to the good little girls and boys. Why are you looking at me like I have suddenly started speaking another language? Let me tell you, this story isn’t for the faint of heart, and it certainly isn’t for the kiddies that look up to the fat man. I’ll wait until you put little Timmy to bed and then I will clue you in on what happens on the night before Christmas Eve before Santa leaves the North Pole.

  We’re all aware that Christmas magick exists, otherwise how else could Santa fly around the world in his sleigh with his nine reindeer pulling at the helm? But, did you know that the jolly, old, fat man uses that very same magick to let all of his reindeer, not just the ones who pull his sleigh around, roam in their human forms the night before Christmas Eve? There’s no need to clean out your ears because you heard me right, I said human forms. That’s right, my lovelies, Santa’s reindeer are shifters, and for one night a year they are allowed to experience life as a human. This is just one of the things we aren’t told as children. Are you prepared to join in on their reindeer games?

  All of the reindeer looked forward to the night of December twenty-third when they were allowed to stretch their human legs and have fun, not having to stress over carrying the fat man around the world. It’s not that they didn’t enjoy their jobs on Christmas Eve, and they absolutely adored their boss and his elves, but they all eagerly waited for the night before business had to be done so they could be human. That one night a year Santa would grace them with the magick to take their human shapes and allow them to dine on whatever pleasure they found. Most of the shifters chose to take their time with opposable thumbs to help the elves finish up their last-minute work or play games with the pointy eared folk. Some of the reindeer would even help Santa’s little helpers set up for the next year’s Christmas, hoping to lighten the little people’s load. But there were two shifters who wondered if they had been experiencing everything there was to offer as a human.

  Holly and Sage were reindeer in training and had decided the year before to sneak off to meet in the woods outside of Santa’s workshop. They wanted to explore each other and the wonders of the human flesh without the chance of any interruption. They had chosen a spot not too far from the workshop, but not really close either, and stashed some things they wanted to use in their fun and games the year before. As the night before Christmas Eve approached, the anticipation seemed to vibrate through the air. The reindeer pranced around in their excitement as Santa made his way through the barn, touching each one as he passed. The magick enveloped their bodies and the shifting process began.

  Santa tried his best to make it a comfortable experience with very little pain, but he couldn’t always make any guarantees. He had been perfecting the art of making the reindeer shifting process a lot smoother over the last two or three years, since he had lost one of his loyal shifters when they got stuck between human and animal, and he felt that he really had it this year. Santa had noticed the year before that some of the reindeer had seemed uncomfortable being naked after the change, so he added a little extra touch to the magick. When Santa finally approached Holly and Sage, they were so excited with the prospect of being human they could barely stand still long enough for him to touch them and let the magick wrap around their animal bodies. While the shifting process began, they both waited until the rest of their colleagues had finished transforming and made sure they had followed the boss man out of the barn. The two stretched their newly found human bodies and gazed across the aisle, drinking in the sight of each other standing on two legs in their new pink flesh.

  Standing at five foot four inches, Holly had an athletic build with wavy red hair and beautiful blue eyes. Sage was slightly taller, standing at a mere five foot seven inches and had a muscular build with sandy brown hair and striking green eyes.

  Sage cleared his throat, “Do you think everyone has gone inside the workshop by now?”

  Holly crept to the entrance of the stables and stuck her head out.

  Looking both ways she saw nothing and nobody, “It would appear that way, but I think we should stick to our original plan. You go to the spot we agreed on and I’ll meet you there in about thirty minutes.”

  Sage gave her a crooked grin and nodded his agreement, reluctantly leaving the stables, not really wanting to leave Holly behind. Holly leaned back against the wall by the entrance to the barn, trying to strengthen her suddenly weak knees and her stomach feeling like it housed a million butterflies. She couldn’t remember a time where she’d felt so nervous. She pushed away from the wall and stepped out of the stables, needing to walk around so that she could calm her nerves.

  It can’t hurt to make an appearance inside the workshop for a few minutes. Mi
ght help take any suspicion off of Sage’s disappearance, Holly thought as she made her way in that direction through the light dusting of snow.

  Sage arrived at the predetermined spot, hoping that he and Holly were right, and this was something they would enjoy. They knew that Santa and Mrs. Claus, even some of the elves, enjoyed the pleasures of the flesh, but what Sage didn’t understand was why none of the other reindeer seemed curious enough to try it. Of course, he couldn’t be sure that his fellow shifters hadn’t because the only one he had discussed any of this with had been Holly.

  Looking around their spot by the barren tree about a mile away from the workshop, Sage scanned the area to make sure he hadn’t been followed by some curious elf or reindeer. Satisfied that he was alone he started searching for the items he and Holly had hidden. Sage located the blanket first and laid it out over the densest part of the snow. There was a light snow falling and he knew that the blanket wouldn’t be safe from the gathering cold white flakes, but he hoped that Holly would be on time and that their plans would keep them warm. He continued his search and found a basket containing the rest of their supplies, including some water and a bottle of baby oil. He smiled deviously as he thought of all the delightful things he was going to be able to do. Everything he wanted to try; from the time he was old enough to shift until that very night was finally within reach. The thought of doing these things with any of the other female shifters had never occurred to him. From the moment Sage saw her, he knew that the only woman for him was Holly and always would be, in either form.

  The excitement and anticipation was killing him, causing his heart to race and his palms to sweat. His erection grew so hard it almost hurt as he thought of the woman of his dreams lying beneath him. Glancing around, he picked up the bottle of baby oil, setting it within easy reach and stripped out of his suddenly too tight jeans to give his cock some room. The sudden cold against his warm skin caused his erection to wane a little until he imagined Holly standing in front of him in all of her naked glory, the heated look in her eyes and sinful smile upon her lips that she saved only for him. He thought of her perky nipples hardening in the cold, and how much he wanted to roll his tongue around them, causing her to moan in pleasure. Just that image in his mind was enough to get his cock rigid again and he reached for the bottle of baby oil. Dribbling a little of the cold liquid in his hand he cupped his erection, rubbing the slick stuff slowly in. The minute his hand touched that part of his body, he moaned deep in his throat. The feeling of his semi-rough hand caressing the silky skin of his cock was almost too good to stop. But stop is what he did. He wasn’t sure what was happening, but he was most definitely sure it was something he had never felt or experienced before.

  Sage looked around, cock still in hand, trying to remember if he and his girl had thought to bring another blanket and saw it under the nearest bush. He made his way over to the greenery turned white with the snow, pulled out the sought item, and wrapped it around his shoulders letting his mind wander to thoughts of Holly once more. He reached down and took his cock in his hand again, moving it slowly up and down, squeezing slightly to add more friction. His eyes closed and his breath was coming in pants as he felt a pressure begin to build and he threw his head back in his pleasure.

  Holly arrived at the workshop as the Christmas party was starting. It seemed that all of the elves had gotten their work finished ahead of schedule this year and made the time to celebrate. She was trying to make her way to a corner, just to show that she’d made an appearance before sneaking off to meet with Sage when her best friend, a female elf by the name of Merry, called her name.

  Merry approached her with a smile and took hold of Holly’s arm, “I’m so glad you were able to make it to the first annual Santa’s Workshop Christmas Party, hosted by moi.”

  Holly returned her friend’s smile, “I wouldn’t have missed this for all of the jingle bells in the world. It looks like everyone is having a great time. Between you and me, did you spike the eggnog?’

  Merry laughed as Holly looked around the workshop, trying to make it look like she was taking in the party atmosphere and raked her brain for an excuse that would seem believable about why she needed to leave almost as soon as she had gotten there.

  Two rowdy males, an elf and a shifter, being too rambunctious with some of this year’s presents that hadn’t made it onto Santa’s sleigh yet, caught her eye and she nodded her head in their direction, “You might want to go and check that out before it gets too much worse.”

  Merry turned in the direction Holly had indicated and gasped, “Oh no! That has disaster written all over it! I have to go take care of this but thank you so much for coming.”

  The pretty elf let go of Holly and hurried off in the direction of the two men who had decided it would be a good idea to play catch with a snow globe.

  The female shifter exhaled and glanced around the workshop, making sure that no one else was paying any attention to her actions or heading in her direction for a visit, before she inched her way to the exit. She needed to take the opportunity to leave before someone else noticed that she had arrived and decided to talk to her. She was already five minutes late getting into the woods.

  With those butterflies she had yet to calm trying to escape the confines of her stomach, she rushed out of the back door and practically ran towards the barren tree a mile away. As she got closer, she heard moaning. Curious as to what could be making that noise, she crept around the tree to investigate.

  What she found when she rounded the tree had her stopping short with her eyes wide. Sage was lying on the blanket, another one around his shoulders, with his cock in his hand and his head thrown back. Holly felt herself getting damp as she watched the man she’d been craving for the last few years pleasuring himself. She felt a little weird just standing there and watching him, but she couldn’t tear her eyes away from the sight in front of her and she didn’t want to make any sound for fear of interrupting him, she wanted to see how far he was willing to go. She’d chosen to take her one night as a human the year before to do some research into having sex so she knew that some men didn’t like to be watched when they were stroking themselves, which she found odd but to each their own, and she couldn’t be sure that Sage wasn’t one of them. When he called her name when he ejaculated Holly was so surprised that she whispered his, startling him before his orgasm ended and had him hurrying to cover himself.

  Holly wanted to comfort Sage, but she was just as tentative about the situation as he was and didn’t want to make things any more awkward than she already had. She held onto the barren tree until her legs quit shaking and her embarrassment subsided a little, and then made her way to the blanket and the muscular shifter lying on it. She stopped right next to the only man she wanted to have sex with and took in the view of Sage in his nudity with his cock still standing at attention, then knelt between his legs. Holly reached out a shaky hand and nervously replaced his, slowly stroking him.

  The blanket tangled around Sage’s legs in his hurry to cover himself. His face turned so red in his embarrassment that he could have taken Rudolph’s place at the front of Santa’s sleigh, but he couldn’t deny the hungry look in Holly’s eyes as she slowly stalked towards him. He watched as Holly made slow progress toward him, his cock still hard and twitching as he tried to disentangle himself.

  As she replaced his hand with a shaky one of her own, she asked, “Did that feel as good as it looked?”

  Sage had finally gotten himself untangled from the blanket and looked into Holly’s eyes as he nodded, still a little embarrassed to have been caught by the woman he had been daydreaming about.

  She smiled at him dreamily as she slowly moved her hand up on his cock, stopping just under the mushroom head. He watched Holly in surprise and fascination as her hand gripped his cock a little tighter and began to move faster in her growing confidence, her skin so much softer than his. She moved a little faster when she heard his breath catch and saw his head fall back. Sage st
ruggled to keep his orgasm at bay as he felt the pressure building in his balls once more.

  He knew that he wouldn’t hold out much longer, so he placed his hand on Holly’s stilling her movements, “I want to be buried deep inside of you when I cum again.”

  Holly’s smile turned sinful as her desire grew making her feel more confident in her seductive skills. Releasing her grip on his cock, she took her shirt off. After tossing the garment aside, she stood and unbuttoned her jeans. When she saw that she had Sage’s full attention, she slowly slid the zipper down, taking her time and drawing out the moment. His gaze followed her as she slipped out of her pants, whipping her panties off shortly after.

  “You want to be inside me when you cum this time? Is that what you said?” Holly asked Sage as she pushed him onto his back on the blanket and straddled him, with the snow falling softly around them.

  Neither shifter took notice of the cold or the white flakes that were drifting down, covering their naked bodies and the blanket they were on top of as Sage nodded his head, staring at the most beautiful vision he had ever laid eyes upon. She slid herself onto his cock, taking her time making sure he filled her inch by inch, trying to lessen the pain that she had first felt when he entered her. Together they found a rhythm and slowly made their way to the cliff of pleasure they both were seeking to fall off with all of their beings.

  Sage met Holly thrust for thrust as she slid herself almost completely off him, only to plunge back down. She seemed to thoroughly enjoy lifting herself off of him until just the very tip of his cock was inside her, keeping her body suspended above his like that for few moments and then slamming herself back down. Again, and again, she repeated this action until her movements became uneven and her breath was coming in short gasps.