"I cannot wit until my Family is distracted by Colena's attending of the Ram Garden Party; Aquene, Brissa, and Colena are all going, and that same night Deshay has already planned to slip out of the house to go gamble. So I'll be planning my own little garden party, thought it won't involve suits or gowns tailored at Abernathy's so I understand if its not as impressive," Eniola plotted calmly. 
If they weren't in public, and next to his brothers, Gavin would have kissed her. But as they were, he could only subtly squeeze her hand resting at the bend of his elbow. "Would you like me to bring an appetite for delicious desserts?" Gavin kept the topic as innocent as he could, mind an absolute gutter of ungentlemanly behaviour and intentions. There were adult only lines they hadn't crossed yet, despite having stolen far more intimate moments than either Family suspected, but that didn't mean Gavin was spared the wanting of those acts from tormenting him. 
There was a heat to Eniola's eyes that told Gavin she was just as affected, "what garden party would be complete without eating delicious things?" 
The slightly inappropriate conversation was broken up when one of the Abernathy's clerks handed over the boxed suits for the Briggs men. As the youngest, it of course fell on Gavin to play the porter for the older two. It was heavier than expected considering the spring weight fabrics, but Gavin knew men's fashion enough to know there was always layers. "We'll use a carriage from here and deliver the Ladies home first," Alaric called their excursion to an end. 
The Ladies were given one side of the carriage bench to share, while all three Briggs squashed into the other, and Gavin lamented the fact that it was both Alaric and Derbie instead of the more compartmental Calvin, or better yet, the petite sizes of Blair and Hida. But since he was with the two tallest siblings, Gavin was given the most uncomfortable position as middleman. Propriety and protocol called for them to deliver Eniola to her Ducal Family first, then Lady Ban to her Marquis Estate after. It didn't allow Gavin a chance for a more private farewell, or a chance to steal a kiss when no one was watching, so instead he took the empty seat once both Ladies had left. 
Both Alaric and Derbie were giving him such amused, knowing looking that suddenly Gavin felt like he was under review. 
"Will Lady Ban be matching her garden dress to your suit?" Gavin tried to distract Derbie. 
"No, but she has agreed to visit each garden station with me, and we will be planning coordinating outfits for the next Events," Derbie was successfully sidelines but Gavin could see Alaric still giving him a stern look. "And Lady Aoki Ruma has sent her gratitude for Alaric agreeing to chaperone us, she is likely pregnant with twins and has a hard time coming out to Events; her husband is home with their son and a broken leg." 
"Ouch," Gavin wondered if he could bake anything that's last long enough to be sent to the Ruma March, unlikely unless Alaric used his magic on it. It wouldn't make a broken leg heal, but it could help him feel less pain and discomfort. 
"There are many of us elder siblings having to chaperone, given the various Expeditions underway," Alaric commiserated politely. "Our parents are at the Norther Island, the Marchioness and Marquis of Ruma are still in Cador after the signing of the Alliance and will be returning with the first part of the Cadorian Exchange." 
"And the Viscount and Viscountess Ram are in Tashatia to see if an alliance can be arranges with them," Derbie pointed out and Gavin didn't understand why that made Alaric glower at their brother. 
Gavin's recent Diplomatic Hi온라인카지노게임 lessons had taught him that just under two hundred years ago the Taroton Kingdom had been at constant war with not only the Cador Kingdom that was their closest neighbor, but also the closest territory across the channel; Tashatia. The Northern Island hadn't even been discovered at that time, though the Southern Island had just been colonized. And despite all likely conflict, a peaceful relationship with the perpetually alert Republic of Yang that was on Cador's far border but still abutted Tarotan in the northern part of the continent. It was only about a hundred years ago when both the Northern Island and the far Southern Continent had been discovered. The Northern Sea was full of monsters and beasts, but the Southern Passage had only been a barrier due to distance. Advancements in sea travel had made the prior impossible journey into something that allowed for the Tours of the South, and now Gavin was learning about the Southern Continent of Hinikia, Tanian Hierocracy, and the Grand Duchy of Mygilongia.