"Quiet down, Young Miss!" Maverick's hoarse voice boomed in the cold air around them, adding to Boudicca's shivering. Instinctively, she bowed down to express her apology and watched him walk away. She rolled her eyes as he angrily walked away from her.
Glancing at him one last time, she smiled cheekily and then turned around, hoping to head to the guest's houses where her mother was staying.
Boudicca hummed as she walked, her eyes widening when they set on maids who greeted her with deference and then walked away.
"Soon enough, the maids would remain in their position until I walk out of their sight," she happily told herself. Previously deciding to go to the guest's quarters to relay the good news to her mother, however, curiousity overcame her and she thought of turning back and heading to the northern palace.
