"Well I am a princess," Mary reminded her with a smile.
When everyone was ready to go, the large carriage was brought up to the house, and they all climbed in. Fiona first with Ciaran trailing behind her, to occupy one seat, while Charles, Mary, and Elizabeth were forced to squeeze in on the opposite side. Charles decided he would solve the space problem by picking Elizabeth up and seating her in his lap.
Ciaran watched the two of them, Charles was being very pointed in his attention to Elizabeth over the last few days. There had of course been the incident with Mary, who had been more confused than anything about why she had almost accidentally killed Elizabeth, shooting down Ciaran's theory that Charles had goaded her into it to make it impossible for them to use the girl in his p
