Despite everything, Cade fell asleep fairly quickly after eventually settling down near the girl. One would think that a creature like him, who usually viewed humans as prey, would have trouble being so calm around one. But maybe it was just that he didn’t view her as a threat. The storm continued to rage outside and the night passed slowly before, eventually the daemon woke and rose, pushing aside the powdery snow, revealing the early morning sun shining outside and a blue sky as he walked off back towards the wall and the daemon city, his feet leaving large and deep prints within the snow.

The creature travelled through the now quiet and deserted city, daemons were nocturnal hunters by nature as their dark colouring helped to hide them during the night, so they retreated to their dens to sleep during the day. Even though he had slept already during most of last night he knew more wouldn’t hurt to help his recovery. Cade’s den in particular was to the forest south of the city, even further from the town and the wall. It was similar to the makeshift one he had made last night, but larger and better built, lined with furs from kills over the years to make it comfortable.

As the daemon entered the den, however he disturbed the one already in it, which he didn’t seem to care about too much as he settled in, curling up amongst the furs. “Get off me!” The other occupant demanded as he shoved the larger creature off him. “You’re heavy!” Stretching after a long and restful sleep the boy stood, making his way past the daemon and out into the light he looked around for a few moments before taking off into the city and heading for the wall. Cade hadn’t had any luck hunting last night obviously, so he was hoping to find something to tide the creature over.