Gamble (EMPIRE OF CHANCE #1) by Jessica Hall EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jessica Hall
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- Genre: contemporary romance
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FALLON
My mind is elsewhere as I shuffle the deck, my fingers dancing over the
worn edges in a rhythm as familiar as my heartbeat. The stench of stale beer
and desperation clings to this place like a second skin. However, thoughts
of how lucky I was to escape the underground games at Verdigris alive last
night consume my mind.
Just thinking about that underground game sends an icy shiver up my
spine. The men down there aren’t ones you would want to be alone in an
ally with, certainly not after what I witnessed. Lives hold no value to men
like that; a woman’s life is even less.
There is an even bigger game tomorrow, and I want to buy in. Winning
that one would cover Emma’s medical bills, which are becoming more
costly by the day.
But if I go, I risk running back into Devin Penso. Desperation will have
me willing to take my chances, I’m sure. Although Devin may just put a
bullet in my head if we cross paths again. That monster remained
undefeated for six months until I sat at his table.
So he wasn’t too thrilled that I eliminated every table before stealing his
undefeated title. If I were a man, he might have been less volatile. Yet, I had
been knocking back that pig’s advances all night, only to embarrass him
further when I stole his title right out from under him.
If it weren’t for the security holding him back as I stalked out of the
club, I would have been dead in a ditch somewhere. However, that is still a
genuine possibility if my boss finds out about me skimming the table a few
weeks back to get enough for the buy-in to that game. I’ve since put it back.
Obviously, no one is willing to risk Leone’s wrath. I’d bet Devin even fears
that man; everyone in the city knows better than to cross Leone Presutti.
Unfortunately, though, I had drawn some attention at Verdigris, which
makes me nervous. Word on this strip travels fast. Everyone there was
curious about the woman who dared enter the underground games, which
are usually restricted to men.
Yet, after a few digs at their inflated egos, they
allowed me to play, thinking I would be an easy win that would teach
women like me a lesson to come back there. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t
been tempted to run away, but desperation will make people do funny
things. Enough desperation will make someone stand against the devil if
she has no choice.
There were other women there, but they didn’t play. They were part of
the game, traded and sold as if they too, were poker chips. And to men like
them, they are. I was an anomaly, a joke. Little did they know that I have
been card-dealing these games for years now. No card escapes my
observation, and nobody knows the tables better than me.
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