"No, your highness." Sylvia swallowed her thoughts and replied passively. "In fact, I am very pleased to be able to visit outside."
She bent her head down, waiting for the devil to further grill her, but the man simply chuckled and looked away.
Did he buy my act? Sylvia wondered.
She shifted her eyes from the carriage floor to look outside again, playing the part of the woman she had just described.
She gazed out the carriage, her eyes wide open, as the scenery flashed before her.
Several types of trees, plants, creepers, flowers whooshed past her as the carriage blew through the castle grounds.
Sylvia wondered if the vehicle was magically enhanced as it barely took them a few minutes to arrive at the outer gate.
The horses clicked their heels as they ran over the bridge on the moat of water surrounding the castle and then ran for a while, before finally arriving at the pair of gigantic gates and the low compound wall bordering the property.
