Gabriel stood near doorway as he watched his mate struggle to stay awake as she sat in a lounge chair on the balcony. They were waiting on the cookies that she wanted, she made extra because everyone but the King and Queen were up. She had her nights where sleep came easy and other nights she would hardly sleep a wink, tonight happen to be one of those nights. But I knew even though she wanted to sleep she wouldn't. Hearing the timer go off I watched her head look back into the kitchen through the glass door behind her. She got up, and walked over to the door. She smiled at me as she passed me and went back into the kitchen to get the cookies out of the oven. I laughed silently as I watched her avoid Milo as he stood in the kitchen on the opposite side of the island. She still hasn'