Lady Revealed (A Tenacious Trent Novel) by Charles Jane

Author:Charles, Jane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: england, regency, paris, milan, tenacious trents
Publisher: Jane Charles

Acker swirled the whiskey around in his glass while he slumped in a chair inside Dagger’s Haven, a popular gaming hell, and run by Sebastain Stanwick. The two were once friends but Acker had lost track of him after Stanwick dropped out of Oxford. They became reacquainted when Dagger’s Haven opened. It was early in the evening yet but Acker couldn’t remain in his home watching the time slowly tick by while he waited for the ballet to begin. He had come here for the distraction. Under normal circumstances he would be looking forward to the production, had he found Juliette and asked her to join him, but she remained missing.

What would it have been like to watch the ballet with Juliette by his side? They could discuss the production afterwards and he could learn how she viewed other performers. Would she have been critical or simply enjoyed the production as he did when he watched her?

Instead he dreaded this evening. He would be attending with Bentley and his family and watching a ballet that did not include Juliette. Seeing the other ballerinas would only remind him of how he ruined everything. Actually, he didn’t need the ballet to remind him of his errors. Every day that he couldn’t find Juliette and the remembrance of their discussions were forefront in his mind. Acker doubted he would ever forget. He was such a bloody fool.

Acker glanced around the room at those sitting at the tables. He knew better than to gamble here, but he wasn’t in the mood for Whites this evening and he enjoyed the atmosphere at the Haven. Besides, it was located in Covent Gardens, the area where Acker had been spending most of his time. He had even taken up residence in the home where he had once kept his mistress in hopes that while he was out he would see Juliette again.

It had been a month since she ran out of the coffee house. Where had she gone this time?

Jonathan Bridges, probably the richest man in the room from his shipping ventures, tossed his cards on the table and rose from his seat. By the firm set of his mouth, Acker assumed the cards had not been in Bridges favor this evening. This was Stanwick’s establishment, the cards or dice were never in the patron’s favor. That didn’t mean Stanwick cheated. Far from it. One of the reason so many gentlemen frequented this gaming hell was because it was fair and honest. If a gentleman wished for fair play away from the Gentlemen’s Clubs of St. James, they came to Dagger’s Haven. Stanwick simply had the damnedest luck of anyone Acker knew. And, he also spotted the cheaters and tossed them out on their ear when caught. A few had challenged him, not that it was ever discussed again nor did Acker know any details.

Bridges walked over and settled into the chair next to Acker. “I should have known better.”

Acker chuckled. “How much did you lose?” Not that any amount would make a dent in Bridge’s fortune.

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