The appeal of things

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*Scarlett* He leaves me then, taking both empty glasses with him, and rejoins his friends in the library. I find myself too stunned to do much of anything except wander along the green between the edge of the garden and the terrace until my mother finally comes to me to announce we are to depart. If the gentlemen had spoken more of business, Sam would have expressed his ire once we were in the car. Instead, he remains silent throughout the journey to the Tempest Hotel where we have a suite of rooms on the top floor. I suspect its owner, Kai Tempest, once lived within these very walls, but a maid who comes in to clean each day has revealed that he's moved his family to a posh house. The maid also whispers that all the Tempests are by-blows. I'm surprised to learn that Joker communicates

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