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

She was dancing as if the music was still playing and the room was still full. She danced as if she had been waiting all night for lines one hour when nobody would see her, and now that the hour was here, she was going to use every minute of lines. He had never seen anything like lines.

He watched her turn, lifting one hand, palm up, as if a partner continue reading …