![]() Because a fortnight from now, she would need to do this all over again. ![]() Angelique could not afford to have the other patrons of this club start to wonder who she was and how she had managed to win as much as she had. She would leave after this hand, before she brought undue attention upon herself. It was starting to itch terribly, but she ignored the discomfort. And they forgot that the last ace had been played three hands ago.Īngelique felt a trickle of icy sweat slide down her spine as she touched the mask that was covering her face. They forgot that a small fortune rested on the table in front of them. And a drunken card player was a foolish card player. ![]() She had made sure of it, not because she didn't think she was clever enough to beat them, but because she had learned never to leave anything to chance. Lady Angelique Archer's opponents were all drunk. ![]()
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