The Duke at Hazard (The Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune #2)

by K.J. Charles

As for a room – if you’ll share, there’s the front room.

oh they’ll share alright

Daizell considered that. He nodded slowly. Then he punched the young man with everything he had, and was delighted to feel his nose break.

Not that sort of tumble,’ he added as Cassian choked. ‘I should hope not. There would hardly be space.’ ‘And all the passengers looking on. Puts a man off his stroke.’

made perhaps a slightly excessive performance of rubbing and stretching, and scrubbed at his face before saying,

Thank goodness Daizell hadn’t noticed his momentary fascination.

uh huh

Cassian both resented the weight of his, and wished he’d brought a lot more clothes.

me frrrr on this trip

There was only one bed.

Daizell did his best not to glow. He very much liked the feeling of being useful, and knew a powerful desire to earn it by finding this blasted ring.

i hope this becomes a praise kink thing dhdjdkdkkd

He thought about his lack of broad shoulders for a moment, then stood. There was one small window,

this is giving neil josten!

‘I escaped. They shut me in a room, the swine, and I forced the window and got out, and stole their horses—’ ‘I stole this horse!’

‘Very much,’ Daizell said. ‘This is about the worst horse I could have stolen, but there wasn’t a choice.’

‘Well, it’s only that I like the way you talk when you want, well, to give instructions. Encouragement.’

YESSSSS

and quietly let yourself out when you’re kidnapped,

literally

Dukes are hazardous creatures.’

heyyyy that’s basically the thing

‘No! I couldn’t! I was incognito!’ ‘So? What, if there’s Latin involved, it’s not a lie?’

or abetting the deception of a vicar—’ ‘Of a what?’ Louisa demanded.

I hope this soothes the sting that you didn’t get to bamboozle the vicar in Stratford.’ ‘Somewhat. Not entirely. But there are always other vicars.’ ‘I will take you on a vicar-bothering tour of the English countryside,’