Page 35 of Celestia, Year Four

"BIBO!" Momo raised her hands and I sighed.

"No, Momo. Arielle isn't playing a game."

"Bi?" She tilted her head and Arielle sighed.

"I think I'll go change out of these. The water is too cold for me."

"You can comeand take a hotter bath in my bathroom, Arielle," Esme offered.

"Thank you, Bru," Arielle replied and sniffed.

She glanced at me for a few seconds, looking like she was debating on leaving or not. I reached out and stroked her cheek. "I'll come over if I'm done before you," I reassured her.

"Okay, Bru," she replied.

"BiBo." Momo wiggled in Arielle's hold, stretching out to be held by me.

Arielle gave her to me. "Momo, keep Celestia company."

"BI!" Momo replied happily and cuddled against my chest.

Arielle walked out of the bath, her clothes completely soaked. Esme strode to a closet and got a black robe out, and Arielle stripped from her clothes and put the dry robe on after Esme handed it to her

"We'll be right back. If we're not done before you are, Celestia, Momo will show the way to my section in the house," Esme instructed.

"Alright. Thank you, Esme." I replied with a smile and looked at Arielle who was staring at me.

Arielle. If you need to make sure I'm here, just communicate like we usually do.I think she forgot that we didn't need to be around each other to communicate; her expression went from worried to happy.

"I… forgot, Bru. Okay! Uh… I love you, Mistress."

I love you more, Arielle. I'm glad you’re here.

"I'm happy you're safe, Bru,"she replied.

I watched them leave before I sighed and looked down at my naked body.

I totally forgot I was naked this whole time...

Shaking my head to dismiss the thought, I decided to shower off before going back into the bath.

Esme did say the water filtered every ten minutes, more than enough time for a new bath of water to magically flow through.

Time to get clean and have some alone time.

"I wonder if Orion is okay,"I pondered aloud, looking at the ceiling. I'd finished a long, hot shower and washed my hair.

By the time I was done, I checked in on Arielle who was still relaxing in the bath.

She gave me a more detailed explanation of what was going on, and how Faelia was helping gather as many files from the libraries regarding the Council to put together evidence.

As diabolical and sneaky as the High Council had been, they sucked at covering their tracks.

I bet they didn't think anyone would defy them, especially a Fae as strong as Faelia.

I let Arielle be so the both of us could relax for a few minutes, and now my thoughts were straying to the fact Orion wasn't at Aslan.

He was the type to hide if something was bothering him, but if Finn didn't know where he was, that wasn't settling well with me.

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