Charles and Rebecca (3rd in werewolf series)

Chapter Seven

"Santa was here! Santa was here! Everybody wake up!" Laney's voice carried through the entire house from the living room. Rebecca sat up and rubbed her face sleepily. She pulled on her worn out robe and tied it tight around her before stepping out into the hallway.

"I love Christmas!" Kaylee said happily as she skipped down the hall and down the stairs. Jake and Angela both walked out of their room in their pajamas.

"Suddenly she's in a great mood when there are gifts downstairs waiting for her." Jake said rubbing his face. Angela smiled and laid her head on his chest. Rebecca walked past Charles's room and saw that his door was open and he wasn't there.

She walked down to the kitchen and found him there. He was wearing only a pair of flannel pants and he had red lines on his face from his pillow. Rebecca felt her mouth go dry and her pulse speed up at the sight of his naked chest and torso. He was still just as hard and muscular as she remembered. Thick dark hair covered his chest and a trail led down to the waistband of his pants. He smiled sleepily and handed her a cup of tea.

"Thank you." she said realizing he must have gotten up early just to make it for her. He nodded and then walked out into the living room where the rest of the family was sitting sleepily except for the kids who were busy putting their own gifts into piles.

Rebecca stood against the wall and smiled as she watched the kids open all their gifts. She could feel Charles's eyes on her from across the room and her body was feeling things that it hadn't felt in centuries except for in her dreams.

Finally when all the kids gifts were open and they had all wandered off to play, Rebecca cleared her throat.

"I'll go get the turkey in the oven." she said. She turned to walk out of the room and stopped when she walked past Bethany and caught her scent.

"Oh my...." she stared down at the scar on her oldest daughters shoulder that was visible beneath the tiny strap of her tank top.

"Yea I can forget about going back to modeling any time soon." Bethany said running her finger over the mark. Greg smiled proudly and wrapped his arms tighter around Bethany in his lap. Everyone in the living room laughed happily and congratulated the two of them.

"It's about time." Jake said from where he was sitting on the floor trying to remove Laney's new dolls from their packages. Suddenly he let out an irritated growl.

"What the hell!? Are they really that afraid that the damn doll is going to get up and walk off! I mean there has got to be five hundred of these damn twisty ties on this one freaking toy!" Angela laughed and reached her hand out.

"Give it to me, love. I'll undo the twisty ties if you'll put the dollhouse together." she said. Jake nodded and handed her the doll. He picked up the box to the dollhouse.

"How hard could it be. It just says some assembly required." Evan chuckled over on the couch but said nothing. Jake opened the box and poured out the contents onto the floor. He looked at all ten thousands pieces and started cussing again.

"These damn toy companies want me to come kill them.. They must!" he exclaimed.

"Show him a room full of pissed off bloodthirsty sub demons and he gets excited as hell at the challenge but show him a doll house with some assembly required and watch him break." Lane said matter-of-factly. Jake looked at him and growled.

"Get your butt down here uncle Lane and you figure it out." he said. Lane shook his head.

"Nope, that kind of fun is for the daddy." Charles walked over and knelt down next Jake.

"I'll help you out. I put a few of these things together when your sisters were young." he said.

"You did?" Jordan asked with disbelief.