I must have jumped four feet in the air when Clare grabbed my arm. She c****d her head to the side and had an amused smile on her face.
“I’m sorry Isla, I didn’t mean to give you a fright. Are you out here alone? Where is my brother?” She stood on her tip toes and searched behind me for one of her three brothers.
I tried to play it off the best I could, I didn’t need her to know that I had willingly snuck out by myself.
“Oh, they’ll be along shortly, Angus got caught up in the great hall.” Clare looked puzzled, I’m sure it was because I named Angus as my escort and not Graham.
She squinted at me for a brief moment before leaning in to whisper.
“Are we doing something that we’re not supposed to be doing?” She shot me a wink and giggle as I considered how I wanted to answer.
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