Santa's Daughter (1st bk of Santa Series) (Completed)

Chapter 14 (Edited)

I walked through the passageway, wondering why I didn't go through it in the first place. I guess it was because I was just really upset and needed to get out of the house as soon as possible. I shook my head and cleared my thoughts, knowing that it was no use for thinking about what had happened.

"Why do you want me to be with you, even though you didn't let Mika come?" Lanshin asked, breaking me from my thoughts. There was a frown on his face, while he cocked his head, confused on the matter. He knew how much Mika meant to me and my family.

I bit back a sigh and looked down at him, keeping my face emotionless. I hated leaving her behind, but... she needed to be left behind for the sake of her having her father be by her side. "I am letting Mika and Jindum have some time alone, so that they can take care of some unfinished business. You need some love and care, because I know that you don't get it from being in the dog barn."

"Ya, I guess it is because of this stinking leg." He moved his back leg, while frowning at it. He groaned, hating the fact that he couldn't play with the pups, nor could he start training when all the other pups started training.

"I know." I rubbed his leg. I had told Mom that I was going to keep him. He would be a good breeding dog when he was old enough to. He had the structure that we had been looking for and his coat was something that we had wanted, also. He, also, had the temperate with children that we wanted. "However, you are staying. It doesn't matter if you have a bad leg. You are staying with us."

He sighed, happily and laid his head down on my shoulder. His cold nose was on my neck, but I didn't care. "Thank you for taking me inside, Mary. I don't know what I would do if you didn't do this for me." Sincerity filled his voice, making me smile a little.

"No problem, Lanshin." I smiled down at him while I opened the door to the kitchen. I walked in and spotted my mother by the counter.

She turned around, when I closed the door. She raised an eyebrow glancing behind me and then at me, frowning. "Where is Mika?"

"She is with Jindum. I have Lanshin with me," I said, holding up Lanshin, who looked at her with his big blue eyes. I made a face, letting Mom know why I had done what I had done.

She nodded, understanding what I meant by the face. She sighed and studied my face, making me look down. "You know that Frankie didn't mean to hurt your feelings, right?" I could tell that she had raised her eyebrow.

"I guess so." I shrugged my shoulder. I didn't know if he meant it well or not. It wasn't my fault that I didn't know if he did or not. I knew that he might've been surprised and probably scared on what I could do. I didn't know why he was scared, but I knew that he was.

"Everyone is in bed," she said, changing the subject. There was a small smile on her face, while she looked at me. "You should probably get to bed, also."

I nodded my head. "Night, Mom," I said, looking at her. I turned around and walked up the stairs, carrying Lanshin with me.

"Night, Kid," she called while I walked up the stairs staying silent. There was a sigh, and I knew that she shook her head.

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"Man your house is big," Lanshin said, looking around. Awe filled his voice, seeing that there were different stories and such in the house.

I nodded, knowing that my house was pretty big. With it's two stairways plus five rooms on different floors, there it was no secret that it felt empty when we were here all by ourselves. I sighed and nodded my head again. "I know. It's because it's been passed from generation and generation of women in the Al'ka family,"

The Al'ka was what my great-great-great-great grandmother's last name had been. It was tradition to know where we came from and such. So, I knew about my family's history and how we came to live on this land. I, also, knew of the legends that was behind my family name.

"Why was it passed down from women not men?"

"That, I don't know. I have thought about it and asked my mother, but she doesn't know either." I shrugged my shoulder and grimaced a little. However, I didn't say anything else about it.  I went to my room and opened the door, before closing it back with my foot.

I set Lanshin down on my bed before getting a towel for him so he could sleep on. I knew that he wasn't house trained, since he lived in the barn with the dogs. I set it down and patted it. "This is where you're sleeping. I know that you might have to use the restrooms so..." I grinned.

Lanshin grinned a little. He laid down on the towel and wagged his tail. He curled into a small ball and fell asleep. He started to snore, his whole body relaxed. However, one of his legs were jutting out at an odd angle. It didn't seem to hurt him that much, but I knew that it was kind of painful.

A small smile graced my face before I changed into my pjs. I bit back a sigh and shook my head. I laid down on my bed and fell asleep, curling into a small ball.

A small ball of warmth curled beside me, and I knew that Lanshind snuggled closer to me. I turned on my side and curled around him, placing a hand on his side, while I fell asleep.