CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Terror at the Back of the Train
Lizzy arrived in the hotel’s breakfast room at nine o’clock. Jonathan’s curt note specifically stated the time she was to meet him for their morning coffee and pastries. When she’d awakened, there was no sign of the collar, cuffs and corset that had figured so prominently in the previous night’s debauchery, and on first rising, her naked body seemed almost lost without them. She quickly got used to her newly acquired freedom, even though she had to wonder when Jonathan had returned to the bedroom and freed her. She didn’t recall stirring even once. There was only the note, which confirmed that he’d been back; or maybe he sent a hotel maid to complete the task. She’d never know.
Lizzy dressed for the day choosing a blue silk dress with a
