its keeping me awake

The morning was cold, however terribly frigid winter had been today was one of the coldest days thus far. Zee was curled up beside her to the right and to the left in a pile of furs that extended the Empress’s bed, her five sleeping puppies. This was an odd moment when all of them shared the den at once. Belle didn’t like to be awake during the day, and the rest of them had varying schedules. Deathbelle was sleeping soundly when something woke her up.

As she lifted her head from her paws her breath was short and she felt exhausted. Another nightmare. They refused to let up and likely were cause of her recent relapse into her emotion. She sighed softly and put her head back on her paws, ready to return to sleep when movement from the pups caught her eye. It seemed she wasn’t the only one suffering from disturbed sleep.