

Chapter 19: A Christmas Revelation


The smell of fresh coffee and cinnamon rolls filled the house as Juniper made her way downstairs. The soft murmur of voices and the rustle of wrapping paper drifted from the living room, where her parents had already begun their Christmas morning tradition of opening stockings. “Morning, sleepyhead!” her dad called as she walked in. He was in his wheelchair next to the couch, a mug of coffee balanced