wayward

“I’ve told you stories of these creatures that hunt wayward children at night.”

Margaret had nearly gotten all the wayward yellow ringlets pinned into place, but at her well-intended reply, Lady Constance spun ’round in a panic and the pins went flying.

She remembered how desperately she had tried to find them, and how convinced she was that the Incorrigibles were about to make a gruesome snack of the poor wayward squirrel.

But Sister had a wayward eye—it didn’t look straight.

The House of Windsor normally prefers semi-enforced exile in order to humble wayward members.