Decoration Games — Chapter 11

A Unity Falls Holiday Story

Book cover for “Decoration Games” by Cleo Croft, featuring the tagline “What’s a little light sabotage between neighbors when prizes are on the line?” below a silhouetted village with pine trees in twilight purple and gold, with Christmas lights hanging from the title and houses.

It’s the insider tradition nobody talks about. But every resident of Unity Falls knows it’s coming.
The lights go down. The lines are drawn.
For one night, everyone has to choose a side.

Welcome to the coziest sabotage of the year!

Previously in Decoration Games:

The mission was all going well until the lights went on. Have they been betrayed?

Chapter 11

Back at Soapy’s, people were celebrating this time with hot toddies, cold beers, or Irish coffees. Dani and Kei passed out some of the cookies that Eddy had tossed their way.

Riley laughed when she saw them. “Oh my God, I can’t believe he kept these.”

Kei laughed, “Right? That man has serious, serious commitment skills.”

“He’d have to, being married to Loubelle,” Dani said with a snort. Then her face turned thoughtful, “I never imagined I’d ever respect Eddy as much as I do in this moment.”

Ben thought that even though this was a weird situation, and Eddy had been on the opposite side of everybody else, it was still kind of a weird type of bonding moment between Dani and Eddy. He’d have to spend some time thinking about that.

“So what? We were just a distraction?” Ben asked.

Riley smiled. “Pretty much. I don’t know who exactly turned out the lights. That’s still a secret. But they turned the lights out and now they’re back on.”

Riley gave him a kiss. “Welcome to the town.”

Dani gave him a playful shove. “Yeah, you’re no longer a newbie. You’re fully christened now.”

“Any more secrets?” Ben asked.

The women exchanged some looks.

Riley looked at him with a raised eyebrow and said, “Unity Falls is always full of surprises.”

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