Gilas could only sigh in relief as he felt the carriage stop right in front of Cordon Castle. It had taken a long while for them to arrive, what with their delays making them leave hours behind schedule, but thankfully, they managed the journey just before the night was completely over.
"We're finally here," Gilas remarked as he walked into the castle with his mother and Clara by his side. "It's pretty late, but we're here."
"It is rather late, isn't it," Clara remarked. "Why, I'm honestly surprised we even arrived before midnight."
It was a rather tiring journey too. Unfortunately, as much as Gilas wanted to pin the blame on the dark roads making their travel slower, he knew that both he and Clara were the cause of this delay in the first place. It just had to keep coming out that they delayed their departure because they indulged in a bit of pleasure, courtesy of his mother just constantly beaming at the fact that they almost did the deed.
