SHE DANCED ALONE IN THE EMPTY BALLROOM AFTER MIDNIGHT-UNAWARE THE DUKE WAS WATCHING

he had watched her once before, a long time ago when she had not known she was seen.

She held out her hand, and lines options opened as he crossed the ballroom to her. His boots made a small, quiet sound on the wood.

He took her hand. There was no music.

There was only the sound of her soft slippers on the wood, the whisper of her skirt, the small in continue reading …