Ariel felt a sensation on the bed, she stretched out her hand trying to check what was on the bed because one moment it was soft and the other it was as hard as rock.
She did not remember buying any teddy bear made with rock, she sighed softly while trying to hold firm onto the object beside her. Alan frowned when he felt someone's fingers on his body, he opened his eyes to check who it was.
"Come here teddy..." Ariel murmured in her sleep turning sideways to face Alan, little bits of her hair covered her face, the room was dimly lit as well so Alan could barely look at her face.
"Come here tedddddyyyy..... Don't run away from me, the bad men will catch you." Ariel murmured in her sleep once again, her eyes where shut tight and her fist clenched beside her.
Alan's face turned cold, it seemed like she was having some sort of bad dreams and would need someone to comfort her now.
"You will be fine, no one can touch you. I am here to protect you always" Alan softly muttered, he hesitated in bringing his hand forward but he did it regardless.
Placing his hand on Ariel's forehead, he rubbed it and rubbed her hair trying to make her stay calm. "You will be fine! No more bad dreams"
"No more bad dreams . No more"
Alan repeated the same actions and saying some soft words to her to make sure she is relaxed and sleep soundly. While Alan was doing that, he drifted to sleep too.
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8AM!!!! Ring!!! Ring!!!!
The blaring sound of the alarm clock made Ariel groan in frustration, the sun from the curtains didn't do justice to it too. She turned on the bed trying to protect herself from the bright light.
The alarm continued ringing and out of anger, Ariel turned and made it fall down on the ground. With a crack sound, the alarm fell on the ground. Ariel sat up on the bed after throwing down the alarm.
'This isn't my room, why is it so bright?' Ariel thought to herself and the door was pushed opened and in came Stella with bubbling steps.
Ariel remembered that she was actually married now and no more a singleton. "Good morning mistress, I came to check up on you."
"The master was worried you were not waking up but since you are awake now, you should be getting ready. The Master wants to take you out for shopping today." Stella remarked while moving closer to the bed, in reality she had come to the room to see if Ariel was still sleeping.
Ariel hummed and nodded her head, "Did someone sleep here the previous night? I feel like there was someone else in my bed while I was sleeping" Ariel said looking up at Stella.
Stella stifled a laughter within herself, their mistress was very alert as well. It was a nice combo. "No, there was no one here. I think it was all your imagination." Stella replied.
"This is no time for questions and answering. Master is waiting downstairs for you, hurry up and come down." Stella hurriedly said and walked out of the room.
Ariel sighed, she brought her hands forward and ran them through her hair. She couldn't have possibly be having a dream, sighing for a few more times she climbed down the bed and walked into the bathroom.
Downstairs, Stella rushed down the stairs and walked toward Alan sitting on the wheelchair. He was busy talking to someone over the phone, so she stood and waited for him to finish.
Soon he was done and he raised his head and looked toward Stella asking her where Ariel was with his eyes.
"The mistress will be here soon. Master, the mistress asked if someone slept in her room the previous night. She's quite suspicious about it."
"Even in her sleep, she still felt someone around. She must not be an innocent girl like she looks." Elias added walking in with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"That's also true Elias but we can not be suspicious of the mistress, she looks so innocent and cute." Stella drawled out teasing Elias.
Alan gazed at his two most trusted subordinates, he didn't know why he slept in Ariel's room the previous night but he just felt the urge to do so and surprising he had a good sleep.
But the signs were not to be ignored either, she was surprisingly alert and knew what had happened last night.
"You are a little piglet."
"You are a he-goat."
"What a pretty he-goat we have here." Stella equally taunted Elias in return sticking out her tongue.
"You are a dirty piglet with a big tummy, because you are always sticking food in your mouth like a simp."
"Fat Piglet." Elias retorted sticking his tongue out at Stella.
Stella's face hardened into a deep frown, she got ready to jump on Elias and scratch him but one glare from their master stopped her.
"Seems you two would like to be married to one another, always bickering and causing issues. Can't you both be quite and not behave like kids for once?!" Alan scolded with a low growl of anger.
Elias and Stella moved back in fear, they both knew that when their Master was angry, they were in danger. Finding a way to escape, a soothing tone called out to them from above.