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“She can walk and talk.”
“Sorry about him.” Ava flashed a smile at
Martha, grabbed a handful of snow and jammed it down the back of Josh’s waterproof.
Martha looked back at the car. “My laptop’s in there, and my suitcase, and a rather pretty jewellery box that this necklace came in.” She wrinkled her nose and blew away a snowflake. “Although actually, that could be in my suitcase. Do you think we could carry them up the hill?” She unlocked the boot and the bags slid out.
“Yes, let’s get you to the castle,” said Aiden, grabbing Martha’s suitcase as Josh wiggled like crazy, shaking the snow out of his jacket. “It’s freezing out here. We could take you the quickest way?”
“Good idea,” echoed Ava, brushing the snow from her hood and taking the handle of the laptop bag. Josh glared at his sister. Going to Frost Castle sounded suspiciously indoorsy, not at all like playing in the snow. “But—”
No one was listening to him and Josh stared at their backs as they set off across the field. In an effort to slow them down, he took two handfuls of
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