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"I a babies; Tom Doyle’s or anyone else’s" While Rina laced up the back, I pulled over e of the corset, which kept the flie is also not in the cards"

"Cards can be shuffled, love" She caoes away, you can o up to Settle"

"All it does there is rain" I plucked at the fabric clinging to " She brought a sheer gown ray satin over from the armoire "This one will do"

I refused to allow the colors to re with a bit ," Rina said "That and a switch with ribbons and tails, and you can play Daddy’s Despair"

I shuddered "I’ll wear the black and gray"

"Coward" A knock sounded on the door, ot downstairs to o to the Amber Room on two And unless you want to earn your keep the hard way, Kit, keep the daown didn’tthrough when I checked the full-length glass Wearing the garuise yet, but after I htness of the nudie and the unrestricted own

Comfortable as I was, it still required a fair amount of nerve to step out into the hall and make my way to the stairs There I froze halfway to the second floor as a blond gel with an older gent passed byher "My feet are ice blocks"

"No worries, dearie" The strumpet dropped me a wink "I’ll have you thawed in no tilanced at me, I realized, and I chuckled as I continued down My costuels had already brought up their first clients of the night, judging by the noise co from behind the closed entries I passed I heard one shrill voice deel in the roo hi out on us," a sodden voice said behind ents and the gels they’d hired The one holding ers, I do What’s your na to his arave hter, ’aven’t you, dearie?"

I nodded and tried to hurry off, but the blonde’s gent wouldn’t release ood," the drunk told his mates To me he said, "Whatever he’s paid, I’ll double it" He tried to shove o at it"

"I don’t entertain ladies," I said without thinking, which ot a sense of humor, too Capital" The drunk cuffed my shoulder "Tell you what, Pru Since you’re so shy, you can play the ain said "She cannot"

I looked between the drunk and the blonde and saw the dark figure standing just beyond the group He’d donned a heavier cloak and a mask that covered every feature above his lanced at the blonde If I ith her and her client, I’d have to perforal sexual act with another woman for which the Church said I would be dao to Dredmore

I really had to think about it

"Milord" I didn’t smile or natter on about how happy I was to see hiestured in the direction of the A off to do the dirty right away, ducks," the drunk said, and wheeled round to give Dredrin "Come and have a drink with us first"

I waited for Dredmore to refuse the offer Instead he cahted," he told the drunk

I felt no shaarms may not have been to my personal taste, but I didn’t consider els Had fate been only a fraction ht have soldand obliged to behave like Dredallons of la next to a bonfire It wouldn’t take much of a spark to set me off