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

Chapter 16 (Edited)

Lanshin woke up with a start and looked around. He frowned before moving closer to the edge of the bed so that he was looking at me. He cocked his head in that confused sort of way when he saw that I was on the floor, with no blankets around me. "Why are you on the floor Mary?"  he asked, confused.

I shrugged my shoulder and frowned, not knowing why. I knew that I had a dream and it felt like I was falling, but it wasn't real. Was it? "That I don't know," I replied, standing up.

He chuckled and laid his head back down. His eyes closed a little bit and he started to doze while I started to get dressed, knowing that I was going to have a busy day. Lanshin opened his eyes and looked at me, his blue eyes filled with nervousness. "Am I going back to the Dog House?" he asked, his voice soft. It sounded like he was nervous about going there, even though he shouldn't be.

I took a deep breath and nodded my head while I pulled on my boots. I hated the way that he was treated just as he did, but it was his home. "Yes, you are going back there. Hopefully Jindum saw what I was trying to get him to see." I stood and went towards my dresser where I had a brush waiting.

"What if he doesn't see what you are trying to get him to see?" he asked. There was a small whimper in his voice, letting me know that he was afraid.

I sighed while I brushed my hair and pulled it into a ponytail, wondering what would happen. However, I didn't come up with any scenarios, and I just had to hope that Jindum would see that it didn't matter who it was, they needed respect as well as them respecting him. "That, I don't know." I stood and walked over to him, before picking him up, making sure that he was comfortable. After that, I walked to the door and opened it, knowing that it was time to bring him back and get my dog.

"I hope he finds out what you are trying to teach him, Mary." He laid his head on my shoulder with a sigh.

"I hope so too, Pup." Silently, I walked to the kitchen and grabbed my coat before pulling it over us. I knew that it was going to be cold, since it did snow last night.

"Thank you, Mary."  

I smiled while I looked down at him, to see that his blue eyes were filled with happiness. "You are more than welcome, Lanshin." With that, I opened the door and stepped outside with a gasp when I saw the beauty of everything being white.

The world was beautiful with fresh snow covering the ground from view. Trees were bending under the weight of the snow, making it look like they were bowing towards us and the ground. Icicles were hanging from the barn roof and on the roof around my house, catching the morning sun and making everything shine. The wind rattled the icicles, making them make a tinkling sound, as if the world wanted to play music for us.

"It's beautiful out here," Lanshin said while he looked around in awe. He squirmed with joy, but it wasn't enough to make me lose balance while I walked down the stairs, going towards the barn, after I had closed the door behind me. Lanshin looked up at me before looking out. His breath was misty because it was cold enough to make it look like fog. "My breath is even frozen," he said, watching as he let out another breath.

I couldn't help but laugh and nod my head. "Yes, and so is mine," I replied, breathing out so that he could see the fog. A grin appeared on my face while I looked around. I was glad that it did snow, because it wasn't normal for us not to have a White Christmas.

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We walked, well, I walked, to the Dog House wanting to see what had happened between Mika and Jindum.

I opened the barn door, and the dogs looked at me, probably wanting to see who was at he door. A small frown appeared on my face, I didn't see Mika or Jindum anywhere, and I couldn't help but think that something wrong might've happened to either of them.