Braiden woke up early as always. Only this morning was different for all the others. Blinking slowly to clear the sleep from his mind and re-orient himself in the new room he now found himself in. Slowly memory of yesterday filtered through his waking mind. He'd married last night and now shared his marital bed with his wife. Looking over at the beauty who'd become his yesterday he smiled. Usually his morning would involve waking in his chambers to then dress and ready himself for the day. Eat a quiet breakfast brought in by is valet before he was went to the training fields were he would spend the hours from waking to dawn practicing his weapons of choice. Training his personal guards and watching over their far more intense training. They had to work with him and in sink with him, so he was dedicated to insuring their training was the best and their skill lived up to his expectations. It also instilled trust in his man if he was seen in the fields of training with them. It was also why he competed in the tourneys and jousts, though not for any of the royal tournaments as that was designed to show the strengths of arms and curry royal favour.<br/><br/>This morning however, would be dedicated to reviewing reports as his wife was not yet awake. Rising slowly so he didn't disturb her rest he got himself ready for the day and soon found himself sitting at his desk in the antechamber to the bedroom where a stack of reports for his reviewing had been left along with ink and parchment so he could write up any documents that were needed. He could always call a scribe to do this for him, but Braiden believed in doing the work himself to insure it's validity and in the event of official documents sign and seal them himself so they couldn't be forged.<br/><br/>A small breakfast sat next to him from which he picked at as he read through the documents. The fresh bread and fruits along with seasoned dried meats were some of his favourites. This was what he considered a relaxing morning. Usually reserved for the sabot when he was required to be at church for morning services and where he didn't hold training for his man. Since he gave them that one day of rest, though they still had royal duties to perform in insuring his safety. He was idly wondering what he would do today, he knew he would have to take his wife out for a ride around the local towns to insure that they knew the face of their Queen. He didn't necessarily have to do this today, but maybe it would be a good ice breaker for her to get her used to the new home she would not be occupying. The culture and customs of his realm was different then her own and he didn't want her to feel like she might embarrass him in court if she didn't know them intimately. Since they had so rarely had true contact outside of writing he didn't know how extensive her education had gone into his people. Even though they had been promised and then fiancé at a young age that didn't mean she knew all about his people. He hoped she wouldn't feel too overwhelmed with the differences.<br/><br/>His thoughts wandered back to the taxation reports he was reading and he made a note to have one of his advisors check into why this town had yielded a tax year that was lower then the previous. If his people were struggling to make taxation there might have been a deeper problem then just the regular yearly struggles he'd have to take into account and rectify. He didn't want his kingdom weak in any way. It wouldn't do. After all if his kingdom was weak then he was susceptible for attacks from not so friendly neighbours.<br/><br/><a href="//www.creativefreedomrpg.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=110082">@Shades</a>