I swallow hard, trying to figure out what to say, but Sienna saves me when she yells for us to hurry up. I turn on my heel and scurry to the living room, eager to end the conversation before I say or do anything I can’t take back.
“Okay, open mine first!” she demands, handing me a silver bag with snowflakes on it.
While the two of us sit on the floor, Kole and Thane sit on the couch, both of them watching me in a way that makes me feel even more anxious.
“It’s perfect!” I tell Sienna, wrapping the black scarf around my neck. The fact that she knitted it herself only makes it that much more special.
“You really like it?” she asks, shifting to sit on her knees.
“I love it! It’s so soft!” I rub it over my cheek, appreciating the yarn she used to make it.
“Oh, I’m so happy!” She falls into me, pinning my arms as she squeezes me too tightly.
“Thank you,” I say when she finally releases me. “This means more than you know.”
Tears begin to well in her eyes, but she blinks them away, waving her hands in the air. “Okay, Kole, you go next!”
He holds up a knitted burgundy sweater, and I have to smother my laugh as I watch him mask his repulsion with a tight smile. It’s not even that it’s ugly. It’s a good looking sweater, but it’s definitely not something Kole would ever be caught wearing.
“Put it on!” I yell. “Let us see you in it!”
“Yeah!” Sienna claps beside me. “Let’s see it!”
Kole flashes me a look that says he’ll get me back for this later before slipping it on over his head. It’s actually annoying how hot he looks in it, and I’m kind of regretting that I insisted he try it on.
“Thanks, Sienna,” he says, shrugging it off to reveal his deliciously toned upper body.
Okay, maybe he should put the sweater back on.
Unlike Kole and me, Sienna gifted Thane a nice watch that Kole is clearly envious of, judging by how many times he’s asked to see it.
“Here. Open mine,” Kole says, taking his eyes off Thane’s watch long enough to hand me a large box that looks like it’s been wrapped by an eight year old.
“Kole!” I gasp, picking up the bow and running my hands along the length of it. “This is too much!”
“It’s nothing,” he says, crossing his ankle over his leg. “I know you don’t have to hunt anymore, but I thought you might like to still shoot, so I set up a target out back for you.”
“You what?” I jump up from the floor and sprint over to the window, looking out past the maze of rose bushes to see a giant bullseye.
“Whoa! That’s awesome!” Sienna says, walking up beside me.
“I’m glad you like it.”
I spin around to see Kole standing behind me and throw my arms around him, unable to hide my excitement. “Thank you!”
A warning growl sounds from Thane, and I drop my arms just before he darts over to pull me away.
“Chill, brother. It was just a hug.”
“Yeah, what the hell?” I bat his hands off me and sit back down on the floor.
Thane settles back on the couch, not saying a word, while Kole hands Sienna her present. When she opens it, she squeals so loudly that I think she may have busted my right eardrum.
“Oh, Kole. They’re perfect!”
I lean closer to get a better look. “What are they?”
“Karambit knives.” She slips her fingers through the loop at the bottom and spins them around, catching the handle.
