Into The Lyon's Den: The Lyon's Den Connected World (Book 1) by Jade Lee

Author:Jade Lee [Lee, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romance, Women's Fiction, Regency & Victorian Romance, London Society, England & Britain, 19th Century, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Sensual Story Theme, The Lyon's Den Connected World Series, The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, Mystery & Intrigue, Notorious Gambling Den, Society Ball
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing, Inc.; 1 edition
Published: 2020-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Amber never imagined that Almack’s would be so boring. She’d been to one party. One! And already, she was tired of discussing the weather, fashion, and the latest play. No one wished to discuss politics or a secret passion. And the men seemed to think she would be fascinated by effusive compliments of her hair, her eyes, and even her teeth.

She enjoyed the dancing. And she especially loved being in a gown of palest blue just like she’d imagined that night before all this began. She wasn’t dripping with sapphires, but she did wear the gold lion in her hair. After a few minutes, even that grew boring. She missed her sketchbook, her family, and most especially, she missed working metal into a piece of art. She had seen more ugly jewelry in the last few days to make her itch to design something beautiful.

She wasn’t complaining. Heavens knew this had been her dream since she had first heard of pretty dresses. She just hadn’t expected reality to disillusion her so soon. There were only a few moments when her dreams felt as if they were as wonderful as she’d imagined, and those seconds were fast ticking away. It was when he danced with her, when he smiled at her, and when he said she was lovely, that she felt happy.

Elliott Rees, Lord Byrn. The man who had stayed away all day and offered no explanation of his absence when he came to fetch them for Almack’s. The man who owed her nothing, and yet she was peeved when he didn’t dance with her but once and anxious until he looked at her again. She was being illogical. He couldn’t look at her while he was dancing with every girl in this wretched place. And he couldn’t talk to her while he was saying pretty things to all those other richer, titled, or more beautiful girls.

“Thank you for the dance,” Amber said to a gentleman with buck teeth and watery eyes. In truth, he was one of her better dance partners. He moved beautifully and spoke of something other than the weather, and it wasn’t even about his dogs. He asked about Berlin and her life there, which, of course, was complete fabrication. She’d been grateful that the movements of the dance prevented her from anything but the most generic responses. She knew what to say, of course. She’d developed an elaborate past in the last few days, pulled from her very rich imagination. But it turned out that lying about who she was also paled over time.

Daydreams, it turned out, were never meant to come true. And that made her more depressed than she had ever been in her entire life.

“Amber, you should have told me!” Diana said as soon as Mr. Buck Teeth retreated. “I could have seeded the field so much better if I’d known.”

Amber frowned. She had no idea what that meant.

“Don’t look like that. It causes wrinkles,” Diana said as she pulled her to sit in a nearby bench.

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