The following morning I got up before sunrise again and I went jogging around the territory. I could hear patrols running the perimeter as usual and my guards were a fair way behind me but otherwise, it was dead quiet.
The animals weren’t even out and about yet. It was too early and too cold for them to even start running around.
It was really peaceful by the time I got to the human town that was at the end of the canal and I stopped to look out at the ocean.
There was forest surrounding all around me and the humans couldn’t see me from where they were.
Some houses had lights on. Obviously the ones that had to get up and go to work and go to school. But I still stayed clear of the houses as I jogged back to the castle.
I ran up the stairs and then down the stairs and then up the
