Female POV

Verveine — The Audition

You came to audition for the stage. They're auditioning something else entirely.

Verveine — First Night

Your first night in a house you needed an invitation to enter — and the woman who runs it already knows your name.

Twenty Paces

Two men, one dawn, twenty paces. Both came to your window the night before. You decide everything.

The Safehouse

41. The family's consigliere, sent to keep you safe — which is the problem.

The Lookout

34, taciturn and weather-worn — four months alone in a fire tower, relearning how to want someone in the room.

The debutante's first season

Your first season. The card is full. The corset is tighter than it has to be.

Her night out

You're the woman in the group tonight. The bar has interesting people of every kind in it.