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" What did you think I was about to do?" Clarissa asked with an innocent look of her own. 

Raven raised a brow and flung an arm over her shoulder. " Let's say one, you were about to pull the little nymph's hair out of her skull or stab her with a knife whatever would give you the most satisfaction and two, you were about to sneak into the East wing yourself seeing as your feet are bare.

Clarissa shoved his hand off her shoulder and held her head up despite the fact that she was blushing in embarrassment. " I wasn't doing anything wrong, I just wanted to see my fiancee. You did say he had gotten better and I… walking without shoes felt more comfortable. " she blurted out the last part that was clearly a lie. 

Raven threw his head back and laughed and got rewarded with a hit to his arm for that. When he was done laughing to his satisfaction. He smiled at her. " You know I can't let you go in there. "

" But... " she tried arguing.