Patrols

{  Kayden  }

“Why am I seeing your hideous faces before me?”

“They were drunk and on duty their captain told me.” Lyden said.

“All 5 of you? In one place?”

“No,” The blonde haired pup spoke up, “John and I were together and the other 3 were somewhere else.”

I looked between them. They were all 17-20 year old soldiers of mine. They were stupid, arrogant pups who knew nothing and simply wanted protection and a paycheck. They were stepping on toes enough to get neither ever again though. The dark haired pup, presumably John, spoke next.

“Sire, we meant no disrespect, we patrol a part of the northern woods that is uninhabited, never traveled through, we have yet to see more than a travel or two every few weeks in the past year we have been patrolling the area. It is my fault