ERIC
It was already long after the last of the guests had gone when I eventually made my way out of the main hall. The servants remained as they slowly cleared the very last tables in the room. It appeared no one had remembered to turn down the music because someone had done that and turned it off altogether.
The only thing that could be heard now was the sound of a glass being clinked very rarely and the low murmur that would come from a group of people working together in the kitchen wing. I went all the way down the corridor of the main building that faced the east side until finally I reached the small terrace which provided a view over the training ground below. I stood with both of my hands resting on the cold stone of the railing, and I looked for a very long time down the empty s
