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

and out of both of their breathing, and from somewhere very far away, the last note of a fox barking in the wood. He put his other hand at her waist, and she put her free hand on his shoulder.

He bowed a small, polite fraction as a partner does, and she curtsied a small, polite fraction as a partner does. They looked at one another for a long moment continue reading …