Contents

Chapter 1

“He looks like a bored lion lounging amidst a flock…

Chapter 2

Lady Peregrine, as promised, had contrived an introduction to Lord…

Chapter 3

It quickly became clear that after the earl, Monsieur Lavay…

Chapter 4

Violet pushed back a heavy velvet curtain and peered out…

Chapter 5

He opened the door to his cabin, his sanctuary: an…

Chapter 6

A silence.

Chapter 7

Violet awoke abruptly, but long moments passed before she understood…

Chapter 8

It wasn’t that she wasn’t intelligent. God only knew she…

Chapter 9

Flint found Lavay on the foredeck waiting for him as…

Chapter 10

Thanks to a fair wind, two nights—one of which Violet…

Chapter 11

It was difficult, however, and she certainly tried, to continue…

Chapter 12

Think like Mercury Club.

Chapter 13

Violet was awakened at an ungodly hour by the next…

Chapter 14

Flint had decided to take his meal in the mess…

Chapter 15

It was the oddest bargain she’d ever struck, but she’d…

Chapter 16

Flint went comically still. The words echoed in the semi-dark,…

Chapter 17

Violet was driven out of bed before dawn, as sleep,…

Chapter 18

Three days later the ship’s bell rang, announcing their arrival…

Chapter 19

In solidarity with Violet’s mood, the weather was fitful and…

Chapter 20

“I’m sound. I swear to you,” she soothed, stammering. “I’ve…

Chapter 21

In the days that followed, they kept their distance. And…

Chapter 22

The dark, relentless, infamous Bay of Biscay fog had set…

Chapter 23

Flint knew from long experience that the blood-buzz and fury-haze…

Chapter 24

The boy Mathias had been right. After two days of…

Chapter 25

Torture for Violet resumed that evening after a meal taken…

Chapter 26

Flint awoke before dawn, and even before his eyes opened…

Chapter 27

Violet had been away for nearly three weeks, during which…

 

Acknowledgments

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