<3 x infinity!
"Bonus for us," Alfie said with a snort, but he moved pretty quickly out of the castle beside Julien, slowing his long strides just enough that he stayed beside the other boy. The days were starting to get a little warmer, not much, but a little, and there were more people about - but they still didn't get up as close to the Forest as Alfie liked to, and by the time they were just inside the tree line, they were alone.