The sun had reached the other side of Henry's study so he knew that it was time to check on the others.
Perhaps he would eat again or even go out into his land on horseback. He wanted to do physical activity and burn off energy but those days, there wasn't nearly enough of that going on simply because he didn't have time.
He gave a big stretch, his muscles testing the limits of his tunic and his back straightening out. Luckily, his back never ached when he wrote because he had good posture.
That day, his biggest task was filling the king in on the happenings of Tenetium.
Never before had he been so punctual with his update, but he was doing it entirely out of spite.
He wanted King Alfred to have the reminder that he was there and he was well. That, despite all the ways the king tried to doubt him, he was still going strong and determined to gain the favor of his people. He would be a better ruler than the king.
