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    Last Christmas
    Last Christmas
    Last Christmas
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    Last Christmas

    By Allyson Gottlieb

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    Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...

    In three weeks, Katherine Zova and her boyfriend Tyler will be going off to fight in the civil war dividing the United States, but for now, they plan to make the most of their time with their family, and each other. Two thousand miles and a world away, Reynan Caverly struggles to get into the holiday spirit, drowning in regrets and enough alcohol to keep the ghosts of memory at bay.

    This seasonal short story serves as a prequel to Finding North, appropriate for newcomers and fans alike curious about what Christmas looks like in a post-apocalyptic future, or to celebrate the holidays with your favorite characters from the Compass series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAllyson Gottlieb
    Release dateNov 26, 2015
    ISBN9781310739989
    Last Christmas
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    Allyson Gottlieb

    Growing up, Allyson was always the girl with a big imagination and even bigger dreams. A California girl by birth, she currently lives in Boston while attending Emerson College. She has a slight addiction to Starbucks, eyeliner, and chocolate—and, of course, books.

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      Last Christmas - Allyson Gottlieb

      Copyright © 2015 Allyson Gottlieb

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it or win it in a giveaway, please delete and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except in the case of a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to any actual events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Cover © Marisa-rose Shor of Cover Me Darling

      Edited by Alyssa Capel

      Does anybody need anything else? More water? Silverware? A napkin?

      "Sit down, Kat. Tyler’s eyes were warm with laughter as he gestured to the only empty chair at the table. Eat this wonderful meal you’ve prepared."

      I couldn’t stop worrying that there was something I’d forgotten, but all of that flew right out of my head the second I took a bite of homemade macaroni and cheese. Oh my God, this is so good.

      Right? Tyler was already halfway through his portion. Boy had a bottomless pit for a stomach. Thank goodness I’d made a massive casserole dish of the stuff.

      It didn’t escape me that the two of us had claimed the seats at the head and foot of the table, the ones usually reserved for the mom and dad. But parents were in short supply around here, with both of our moms working round the clock, my dad dead, and Bill Vaughn having walked out on his family when his youngest daughter, Emily, was only four years old.

      Tyler, who was fourteen at the time, had immediately stepped up to help his mom pay the bills, lying about his age and getting a job as a bag boy at a local grocery store. He’d kept that job all the way through high school and eventually became a cashier—while still making straight A’s, which amazed me.

      I’d been answering phones at a dentist’s office since I was sixteen, as soon as someone would hire me, so I knew what it meant to grow up too quickly, but Tyler was something else entirely. He would have given the blood from his veins if it would help his family.

      And now he just might have to…

      Shaking my head as if to shake off the morbid thoughts, I took another

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