*Rapunzel*
When I wake up, I jump out of bed, leaving Horace sleeping, and flee into the palatial bathing chamber attached to our suite. I am feeling much better. It is over. Yes, it had been horrible, but now it will all be different. Not that I am precisely looking forward to our next encounter, but obviously, with the virginity business out of the way, things will improve.
Still, I have absolutely no inclination to return to the bedchamber and test that hypothesis, and when Horace knocks on the door to ask if I would care to stay in London for some time, or leave for Craigievar, I choose the castle.
"After all, Susannah is waiting for us," I say, putting my head out the door.
From his expression, Horace has forgotten all about his sister, but he nods readily enough. "I’ll send a gro
