Lilith Everly looked out the back window and watched her two older brothers rake the leaves in the backyard. She filled her glass from the faucet and took a big drink before placing the glass in the sink. Gabe and Jonah were shoveling leaves into their mother's garden composter when Lilith glanced back on her way to finish her chores. She passed a family picture where she was just a baby on her mother's lap and two brown...

She woke up ecstatic because it was time to celebrate Yule in her small Pagan town snuggled in snow covered mountains of America. Today Daire was escorting her younger sister, Tansy, to deliver clove spiked fruit as gifts to their neighbors. Little did she know as she dressed for the day how it ends. For many years, her best friend was a boy who lived up the road, Lorcan. When Tansy was giving the fruit to his mom, Lorcan...