Third Person POV
Two lovebirds laying on the bed holding each other.
Riftan is still cuddling his sweet Aurora to sleep. His left hand as her pillow and he caress her hair from the back of her head. His right hand tap her butt softly, just like a mom take her baby to sleep.
If someone say i am a mother hen to her, i don't even mind. May be i am. Say Riftan in his mind.
He has been done this from the moment she was 8 years old. He remember it clearly the nights she spent sleepless the first three days she was taken. Then he will cuddled her to sleep like this.
-Flashback-
For the first time in his life, Riftan can finally lay down in his bed feeling so calm and relax. Finally.
Finally he found his other half, his mate, his love, his baby...
She just right in the bedroom next door.
Riftan didn't expect to find her in the filthy orphanage that he meant to destroy today.
She didn't know anything. She is a sweet and beautiful human girl, only 8 years old, too young for him now.
So he took her in as her guardian. She didn't even realize the mate bond between them. But he could see that she also attracted to him, she trust him.
He can hear the sounds from her room. She still awake, he can hear her breathing. He frowned, but it's almost midnight. Did she feel anxious or uncomfortable? Curious, he got up from his king bed size and walk out form his room.
He knocked on her door and waited.
He can hear her baby like steps were coming toward the door.
When the door open he can see her beautiful face peeking, her eyes seemed frigthened.
"You can't sleep?" He softly asked.
"Y..yes... How did you know,Sir?" Her tiny voice, Riftan already addicted to it.
He cleared his throat. Damn it, Riftan you just too hasty.
"Well, your lights still on..." He lied, looked inside her room. Luckly, they are still on.
"I...i'm sorry if it's bothering you... I will turn it off right away..."
Riftan, you goddamn bas**d, you just scared her more, he thought.
"If you like to sleep with the lights on it's okay, baby..." He smiled softly try to shooted her.
"Really?... I mean thank you, sir." She politely bowed. Riftan didn't like her formality with him. He want her to be ease and relax around him. He want her to be his spoiled baby.
But that's okay, it takes time. Riftan thought.
"Do you want me to check if there is any bed bug for you?" He walked pass her and went inside the room.
"Bed bug?"
"Yes... Or if there is a monster under the bed..." He look down under her bed "nope..."
"In the wardrobe..." He open the tall wardrobe doors.
"Nope... So, it' safe here..." He smiled and turned back to face her.
She was still standing near the door, seemed taken back by his action.
No one has ever done that for her before. Her eyes swelled with tears. She looked down.
"Aurora... Are you okay?"
"I..i am okay.."
"Come here baby..."
Hestitated, she slowly walked toward the bed. Riftan sat on the edge of the bed.
"Here, sit here..." He try to be soft to her little mate. It's not that hard since he already love her to the core. But he eed to be patient. She was just a young girl. He can't do anything yet. He needs to protect his baby, to be her guardian.
Riftan took her tiny hand softly, and pulled her to the bed.
"Hey... You are safe now. What i want to say is that you don't need to be affraid anymore. This is all yours. This house is yours."
"M..mine?"
"Yes of course..."
"How?"
"I prepared it for you baby, long before we met. Even long before you were born..." He chuckled.
"So, you are the owner of this place, along with me. No one can bother you or bully you anymore..."
She smiled, she is so cute.
"Thank you... I don't know why you do it for me,Sir. But still, you take me to a home is something that i longed for..."
"Don't worry princess, you deserve all of this. One day. I'll tell you everything. But for now, you need to sleep, okay?"
"Yes..."
But just like what Riftan had expected. It was not that easy for her. The next three days, he could see the bag under her beautiful eyes. She looked really tired.
The third night, it's Aurora that knocked his door.
Riftan felt he was on the ninth cloud when she decided to come to him first.
"Let me guess, you can't sleep?"
She shaked her head.
He sighed. Maybe she didn't like the decoration of her room. They prepared it so quickly when he told them that he found their Queen and will bring her home. He should tell Ben to change all the furniture and decoration tomorrow.
"Okay then, get inside.."
They went inside their room. Aurora look here and there, she seemed to like his bedroom. He smirked.
"You like it here?"
"Hmm.. your bedroom smells nice, sir.."
"....."
He frowned. Okay, he did not give any hell to what other people would think. The most important is his baby get some sleep. She looked pale and tired, it's paining him looking at her in this state.
"Come, lay down.."
He get on the bed, lay down and patted the side of the bed.
Aurora took slow steps but eventually get on the bed and lay down.
He pulled her closer, place his right hand under her head as the pillow.
Aurora was confused but she like got close to him, so she just let him do whatever he want.
He put his arm around her shoulder, caress her hair softly.
"Sleep baby..."
Aurora sighed feeling the warm of his body, his scent is really calming. She felt save and comfortable.
His hand is big and full of muscles but when it became her pillow it felt so comfy rather than snewy.
He patted the side of the butt. Until a few seconds later he heard her slow breathing. She already asleep.
He smiled.
It the mate bond. How fool of him that he didn't realize it sooner.
Of course she felt uneasy. She found his mate and want to get close to him. Even she can't feel it as strong as Riftan.
Honestly he felt the most anxious, and uneasy more than her. But he thought that if he get too close she will think the bad of him. She was already been abused. He can't push her trauma more than that.
Apparently his baby is feeling it too.
He hug her more, close to his heart.
"Oh my innocent baby... What am i gonna do with you..."
Not long after that, he also fell asleep. For the first time in his entire life. He get the best sleep ever.
And from that moment. Every time aurora has trouble to get some sleep. She always come and asks Riftan to cuddle her.