Hi all! Annabelle Hawthorne here with the next chapter of "This isn't my Christmas, what the hell?!?"
New reader? Long story short, this is a sexy tale about monster girls and oh so much more that took a slight detour and now we're fighting the Krampus. Oh, and there was also some butt stuff.
Returning reader? Welcome back, I missed you! Those cliffhangers can be tough, but future readers just get to skip ahead. Our torment is another person's pleasure, it would seem.
Anyway, I don't have long today, cause I've got to go make dinner, so just the highlights.
1. You're awesome and thank you for reading my story!
2. Don't forget stars and comments, they help other people find Mike and his family.
3. I love reading your letters, especially after that ONE chapter (we all know the one). Touched a lot of hearts, and at least 2 of you made me cry in a good way.
4. Death says hi.
Next chapter will be the last chapter in this book, and then Mike and the girls will be off to a much warmer climate! Ratu will get her moment in the sun as we explore her backstory, and you'll get to see another property! Woo! Don't forget to check my bio for when I'll be putting that stuff up on Literotica, you won't want to miss what happens next!
Seriously though, thank you again for coming back again and again to keep this story going. I love writing it, I love sharing it, and I can't wait to show you more.
Without further adieu, let's get back to the
Christmas Chaos
Kisa watched from the corner of Leppalúði's cave as the elves returned from their task. The giant was engrossed in another episode of Friends, so wasn't paying any attention when the elves entered from the warehouse cave. They crossed the living quarters and one of them dropped a bright pink blanket onto the floor near where she was hiding.
Obeying orders, the elves continued on their way and disappeared into the holding chamber. Kisa picked up the blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders, then made sure her tail wasn't sticking out. Satisfied that her height would complete the illusion, she moved across the room toward the tunnel to the warehouse and pulled the blanket over her head like a hood.
"Hello?" she called, raising her voice an octave in an attempt to sound like a child.
Leppalúði stood so fast he broke his couch. His eyes were wide in shock at Kisa's sudden appearance, and a string of drool formed along his slack lower lip.
"A monster!" Kisa let out a shriek and ran for the exit. Behind her, she could hear Leppalúði running as fast as he could, but Kisa was faster. She sprinted up the tunnel and toward the elevator, but her destination was actually the stairs. Leppalúði was huffing and puffing by the time he made it to the elevator, but Kisa was already most of the way down. She was hoping he would take the elevator and buy her extra time.
In the warehouse, the spotlight was already on and focused on a distant pallet. There a similar pink blanket was tucked between a pair of boxes, as if a child was hiding between them. It looked like the elves had gotten everything set up as she had asked. The only reason she hadn't helped was because she wanted to keep her eyes on the giant.
Kisa ducked out of sight from the stairs and tossed her blanket into a dark corner. Leppalúði, who had decided on the stairs and had gotten impatient, jumped over the railing and slammed into the floor. His long fingernails scratched grooves into the stone as he rose to his full height.
"Gonna rip, gonna tear," he muttered, then sniffed at the air. "I smell you, morsel!"
As planned, a toy baby started to cry. Kisa had asked the elves to plant one there and make sure the batteries worked. She didn't know if it was motion activated or just cried at random. It honestly didn't matter, because it had come on when she needed it to.
Hearing the soft cry of a child, Leppalúði went absolutely still, his eyes focused on that small patch of pink out in the middle of the warehouse. He crouched down and moved forward, ignoring all the warning signs that this was an obvious trap.
When he disappeared into the darkness, Kisa moved to the dais. She could see Leppalúði's vague silhouette on occasion. It was clear the giant thought he was being sneaky. The pallet was set fairly far out, so she had to wait a bit to make certain he took the bait.
Once Leppalúði stepped into the spotlight, Kisa tried to think of something witty to shout. However, time was of the essence, so she simply clicked off the light and started flipping the pages of the warehouse book back and forth.
Leppalúði howled in pain and fury as the warehouse shuffled itself. Kisa waited until he sounded very far away before shutting the book. Satisfied that he would be out of the way for a long time, she pulled just enough of the crystal out of her pocket to navigate back to the stairs and ascended. Behind her, a distant voice cried out in anger. By the time she made it up the stairs, Leppalúði had gone silent, no longer a threat.
Once back in the holding chamber, she informed her elves that the Krampus needed to move all of the children right away to the safest place they could find. This was the part of her plan that she was the most worried about. If the elves had any sort of magical connection to the Krampus, they would know immediately that she was full of shit.
The elves, to her surprise, simply moved to the holding pen with the kids and picked a couple up before setting them back down. They stared at her for several moments before she finally responded.
"Is there a problem?" she asked.
There was a long moment of silence, and then someone spoke from deep inside the holding cells.
"Safety is a relative term," an elf said, pushing his way through the huddled masses. By the time the speaker got to the edge of the cage, Kisa recognized him as Alabaster.
"You're alive!" Kisa put her hands on the bars.
"So are you." He licked his lips, then rubbed at the dark circles under his eyes. "I'm honestly surprised to see you're still around."
"You're not under the Krampus' influence?" She moved toward the door of the cage and fiddled with the locking mechanism.
"Not quite. I was created before Nicholas died and the Krampus was born." He opened his mouth to reveal sharp teeth. "So his legacy does not run in my blood. But he sure tried. When he couldn't convert me, he handed me off to Leppalúði and said I could be eaten."
"How did you escape?" she asked.
Alabaster sighed. "I slipped free of my chains and hid. That idiot couldn't count, so he ate someone else in my stead. It's...not something I'm proud of."
Kisa put her hand on the elf's shoulder. "That's on him, not you. I need your help. I trapped Leppalúði in the warehouse and want the elves to move the children to a safer location."
Alabaster scowled. "Honestly, I don't know that anywhere in the North Pole is safe anymore. The children are time-locked, so they can't be harmed anyway."
