A romantic vacation (5)

Author's note: this is from Seraphina's point of view

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I opened my eyes and realized that it's dark outside. I fell asleep.

The light was coming from the kitchen downstairs, and I was on my own in bed.

"Duke?", I called drowsily, and I heard his footsteps coming closer as he climbed the stairs.

"Are you awake?"

"What's the time?"

"Close to midnight.", he responded.

I yawned. "Why are you up?"

"I woke up recently and I wanted to check a few things."

"Check things? What things?"

Duke smiled mysteriously. "When you wake up, you will find out."

"I'm awake.", I stated the obvious, and he chuckled.

"You will find out when you get out of the bed.", he clarified.

I groaned and plopped back into the pillows. I was happily lazy and I didn't feel like doing anything in particular other than snuggling with Duke.