Prince Russel looked back at his troops. "I should let you get back to your duties. I've got to get all these louts ready for their last mission before heading home from deployment, and if I don't watch them closely, they'll forget that we're still working soldiers."
Dominic laughed and nodded in agreement. "I should go remind my lovely wife that I do take my job seriously as Duke, and that I'm not just running off to play in the forge."
The two men parted ways, and Dominic went to check on Alexis, who was in the Library, napping in a comfortable chair.
Perhaps he didn't need to feel too bad about the time spent in the forge.
Carefully, he tilted the Princess so he could sit beside her, then pull her up into his lap as he focused on enhancing his Spellbook. That was the only major project for the day unless they got visitors, so there was no need to wake her up from her nap.
At least until dinner was ready.
