Back to chapter two Chapter three On the day in question, Arthur and Eames ensured that all preparations that were required of them were complete well before they were expected at Alverstoke House. “Would you stop fidgeting, darling?” Eames said, flicking the cards he held from one hand to another. …
Chapter two Alverstoke House in Berkeley Square was only a half a dozen doors down from Exeter House. As they approached, Eames decided that proximity was probably a good enough reason for the Dauntrys to venture out to the ball of a girl they could hardly know and had …
Chapter one It was just after midnight in a rather dingy den on Jermyn Street, and Lord Eames the Earl of Hatherleigh was feigning an advanced level of inebriation to lull his companions into a false sense of security, and encourage them to up the stakes, when he first caught …
