“He looks like a bored lion lounging amidst a flock…
Lady Peregrine, as promised, had contrived an introduction to Lord…
It quickly became clear that after the earl, Monsieur Lavay…
Violet pushed back a heavy velvet curtain and peered out…
He opened the door to his cabin, his sanctuary: an…
A silence.
Violet awoke abruptly, but long moments passed before she understood…
It wasn’t that she wasn’t intelligent. God only knew she…
Flint found Lavay on the foredeck waiting for him as…
Thanks to a fair wind, two nights—one of which Violet…
It was difficult, however, and she certainly tried, to continue…
Think like Mercury Club.
Violet was awakened at an ungodly hour by the next…
Flint had decided to take his meal in the mess…
It was the oddest bargain she’d ever struck, but she’d…
Flint went comically still. The words echoed in the semi-dark,…
Violet was driven out of bed before dawn, as sleep,…
Three days later the ship’s bell rang, announcing their arrival…
In solidarity with Violet’s mood, the weather was fitful and…
“I’m sound. I swear to you,” she soothed, stammering. “I’ve…
In the days that followed, they kept their distance. And…
The dark, relentless, infamous Bay of Biscay fog had set…
Flint knew from long experience that the blood-buzz and fury-haze…
The boy Mathias had been right. After two days of…
Torture for Violet resumed that evening after a meal taken…
Flint awoke before dawn, and even before his eyes opened…
Violet had been away for nearly three weeks, during which…