While Aloysia De Banksea had been awful to the staff, it seemed that she much preferred to ignore her young cousin. When Venilla was ready to go out, the two cousins met and had a cold, quick greeting before they left. Theora was almost shocked at how little the teenager paid attention to the cousin she had come to get. She had even gone first into the De Boreal carriage that was waiting for them, and Theora had done her very best not to glare while she helped Venilla up after her. They had left with Themid, Keffen, and two De Boreal knights escorting the carriage by horse, Theora seated next to the carriage driver, and Kleis at the back. Aloysia had brought two maids, one at the back with Kleis and the other inside the carriage with her, while Venilla only had the young maid Cindie with h
