Book 227: Escaping The Rake

Escaping The Rake

Intro- Juliette once had a bad but sensous run in with one of the takes of London 2 years ago and the scandal of that delayed her from catching a good suitor but now that's she's been reduced to nothing but a wallflower she intends to fulfill all her wants and desires.

Juliette's P.O.V.

The dance came to an end, and Juliette excused herself starting for the retiring room. However, she did not head in the direction of the room on the first floor. Instead, she started searching the ground-floor rooms, knowing that if Lord Henry had gone anywhere, it would not be where the women gathered to refresh themselves for possible gentlemen admirers.

Searching each room, she came across a billiards and music room before the library caught her attention and the flickering of a single candle burning somewhere in the room’s depths so Juliette peeped through the door and entered when she spied Lord Henry standing before the shadowed grate, whisky in hand and staring into a pile of