Once Upon A Winter's Date Novels & Stories

******* Gretel came to an abrupt halt,she suddenly raised her head to see the person and a smirk plastered on her lips. "Oh,who do we have here,if is not our great Luna"winter said and folded her arms. Gretel tried walking past her but she moved closer to where Gretel stop at. "Don't tell me after being the Luna, you've lost your powers"she said.gretel scoffed and said the first word that left her lips "Dimwit" "I heard something right now,are you referring to me?winter asked even though she knew she was the one gretel was talking to.

announced Winter. “Ma'am, you can't just–” Lena began to protest, but Desiree raised her hand, signaling it was okay for Lena to leave. Lena left after glaring one last time at Winter. “What do you want, Winter?” Desiree asked calmly. “Jeez, is that any way to talk to an old friend?" Winter questioned, her smile mocking. “As you already know, my sweetheart and I are getting married. The wedding is in just a month, so I came to personally give you an invitation.”

“So where’s your husband?” I swallowed and nodded toward the folded note I’d tucked into my sweater pocket. “Left me this. Said he went hunting with Grimhold. Something about celebrating early before a big Frostvale event?” Her eyes lit up. “Ah, the Winter Solstice.” She set down her fork like she was about to tell a sacred story. “It’s the most magical night of the year here. The moon hangs so close you can almost feel her heartbeat. The snow glitters with stardust, and the air hums with old magic. It’s the one night the wolves of Frostvale say they can hear the Moon Goddess breathe.”

But I knew what he was trying to do and even though the cloud of lust was once again forming, I remembered my question so instead of succumbing to his ministrations, I put a halt to it and asked, “Then, what does it mean? 12/03?” He sighed, then put his chin on my stomach, but not before he placed two more soft kisses there that I was started to like more and more by the second, and answered, “Her birth date is twenty seventh of October.” His gaze darted away to the windows, his cheek pressing down on my stomach as he looked sideways and said, “12/03, it’s the date when she was dropped off outside the mansion’s gate, bundled up in a basket. Third of December. It never snowed like that in the

Elviira. Wisteria Vine, Northern Finland December 23rd, 1981. It’s extremely dark outside. The winter air is brutally cold, the kind that bites straight through lace and silk. My thin dress offers no protection, only shame. The frozen trail crunches beneath my feet as I run, thudding, trembling, seeking solace in the jaws of death. Jaws of death that I know I should run away from. But I don't want to run away from it. I'm running towards it.

At noon the next day, in the middle of June, snow began to fall. It came out of nowhere. Everyone else was caught up in the strange excitement of summer snowfall. Only the employees of the Lewis Group stayed home, just like they had been told, with heating equipment and food prepared in advance. That same day, Jasmine finally got what she wanted. She spent the afternoon in my bed with that balding man. Afterward, still not satisfied, she called me and asked when the money would be ready.

He pulled out his phone and showed me the picture. On the screen, Olivia Lynch wore a white dress and held a swaddled baby in her arms. Her smile looked gentle and peaceful. Ethan stood beside her with one arm around her waist. He looked down at her with a soft smile in his eyes. It was only a photograph, yet the love in his gaze was clear and strong. It pierced straight through me. I had never seen him look at anyone that way. My eyes drifted to the date in the corner of the photo, and my breath caught.

Sutburg was filled with flowers in spring, petals flying toward us in the wind, pink, white, and many other colors. Some flowers landed on my shoulder, and I thought to myself that I had made it through winter. And finally, my spring was here.

I looked up and asked, "Then yesterday was Nora's birthday. Did you remember?" Their birthdays happened to fall only a day apart. Marissa's expression changed. On the other side of the room, my daughter found the thing she'd left behind, stood up, and silently pulled me away. Marissa took a deep breath and chased us out, as if she wanted to explain something. But one call of "Marissa" from Adrian Pierce made her stop immediately. She didn't take another step forward. And we didn't look back.

In fact, Summer had thought her sister had finally gone crazy after getting lost in the forest. "You also can't believe a Twenty five years old woman had never dated anyone before, right?" Tenley added in her regularly tone of mockery. It was something she does whenever she tries to remind Winter of her age. Summer shook her head "No, more like I'm surprised that her first real date would be with her crush" Winter grinned "A real life proof that dreams do come true" "Oh please!" Tenley scoffed After that, the room was silent as Tenley continued Winter's make up and it wasn't until the door opened did the silence finally got broken. Annabel was standing by the door with an huge smile on her