Chapter 66
She continued on toward the eastern vestibule, her simple red dress fluttering in her wake in the most unladylike manner possible.
How did she know they were here? He had clearly sensed her leave her room a short while ago, with such timing that it had almost seemed as if she had been avoiding her father. Alistar hadn’t been trying to track her, but he’d been so focused on following the auras of his friend’s with his magical awareness that it had been hard to ignore the signal that she gave off. She emitted one of the most distracting ones out of everyone on the estate, after all, so it had been quite obvious that she had begun wandering around the eastern hallways of the upper levels once his uncle had left the basement.
Pushing the thought aside, Alistar caught up with her a few moments later and the two of them hurried to the end of the hallway where Harold suddenly came into view. The others followed immediately after, most of them looking around with wide eyes as they subconsciously shuffled along after the grizzled guard.
"And here he is now," laughed the man, who’d left his helmet back at the eastern gate. "Happy Name Day, Alistar."
"Happy Name Day, Alistar!" called most of the others, which caused him to blush.
"Thank you, everyone."
Woods laughed and pointed at him. "You look like Jaden when he talks to Li—" The doughy boy doubled over with a sharp cough, his friend having punched him in the gut. "To Lily," he choked, scrambling behind the triplets to shield himself from another possible strike.
Jaden tried to follow, but the girl in question held up a hand to stall him.
"Don’t hit him, Jaden."