Chapter 23

• And so, I found myself back at the club where it had all begun.
• My shadow, the burly, unpleasant White had murmured his misgivings but I had insisted coolly and he had had no choice but to take me to the gentlemen's club where I had first met Gaston. He had appeared taken aback when I had frowned at him and put my foot down, demanding that he drive me to the club.
• 'If you don't take me,’ I said firmly, glaring at him, "I shall simply take a cab. You can't stop me.'