Making Peace

Both of them had managed to fall asleep, but morning came early for Lasci. Waking up stiff, he stretched as he sat up. Then, looking over at Purity, seeing her still asleep, he quietly got up and left the room. He needed to get some work done, and Purity was too distracting, so he decided to talk to Pru instead.

Going downstairs, he could smell bacon, sausage, and ham steaks being cooked. When feeding wolves, the local pig farmers stayed in business.

“Well, look who’s up bright and early. I’d ask how you slept, but I don’t really care,” Johnathan said to Lasci as he entered the kitchen.

“About time you did something around here. You and Tener left a mess for Pru to clean up last night.”

Johnathan sighed, “Yes, I’ve already had a tongue lashing from the second in command. Too bad it’s not the desirable kind.”

Lasci rolled his eyes at the butler as he grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and eyed the bacon sitting in a dish before stealing one.

“Speaking of the second, where’