"I’m going with Lupin."

"Lupin, can I come with you?" I ask.

"Of course. That would actually work best. I'd like to be close by so I can keep an eye on you." Lupin says.

"What?! I want to keep my eyes on her, too!" Nemo says.

"Nemo. You and Lupin use the same words, but I feel like you have very different meanings." Victoria says.

We tell Nemo and Victoria that we'll meet them at the entrance later, and go into a clothing store.

"If we're gonna be hitting the casino, we should do it with style." Lupin takes me into the changing rooms. I put on a black suit with a white suit underneath and I black bow-tie. I see Lupin wearing a sexy purple backless cocktail dress and high heels, reminding me even more of Eva Green in Casino Royale. Except she's wearing a monocle. "How do I look?"

I remove her monocle. "Much better."

"First thing you should know about the Moriarty family, never call them criminals. Their current head is so aloof from general suspicion, so immune to criticism, so admirable in her position, not even the great Sherlock Holmes has been able to prove anything, and I don't want to have deal with any new enemies."

"You're saying they'll kill us?" I ask.

"No. More likely they'll come looking to sue for slander, but if they trace us, they might lead the Yard or Progenitor to use." We start walking around the casino together. "Let's get started." Lupin takes me to a table where they are playing a card game called blackjack. The dealer passes out cards, and whoever gets closer to 21 without going over wins. However, if you go over 21, you lose. I hear that it's quite popular in America at this time, but it hasn't truly caught on in Britain yet. "I've developed two completely foolproof ways to win at this game. I'll let you be the big winner today." Lupin and I stand in front of a table, and she smiles daringly.

In front of us is a tall, beautiful woman with upper-back length brown hair that is symmetrically parted on the left right side. She has earrings, a black choker with spikes and a hat that resembles an American flapper from the 1920s, with playing cards stashed behind a golden rose. She is wearing a revealing black dress with purple laces which expose the centre of her torso, purple high heels and long black gloves. She introduces herself as Catherine Moriarty, and explains how Blackjack is played.

"Moriarty? Is she head of the Moriarty c... I mean family?" I ask.

"No, Catherine is merely her sister. Time to play." Lupin says this as seriously as a declaration of war, but we are constantly going backhand forth between winning and losing. Our pile of chips is diminishing, but Lupin never loses her clam demeanour.

"Would you like to continue?"Catherine asks.

"Yes, of course. I promised my husband here that we'd win big, and I always keep my promises." Lupin says. "We're going all-in on this hand."

"Very good, madam." Catherine says.

"That's right. We're going ALL-IN!" People start to gather around us, hearing Lupin's commotion. The well-dressed people around us gasp when they see Lupin slide the pile of chips forward.

The amount of money we're betting is probably a huge sum. I unknowingly inhale sharply.

Maybe this is actually a huge risk.

Catherine passes out the cards.

I have a pair of eights.

Catherine flips over one of her cards. She shows another eight.

I follow Lupin's advice and decide to stay, not taking anymore cards.

Catherine's face is serious while she flips over her other card. It's a seven. Catherine can't win unless she has more than me, so she has to continue drawing until she has at least 17. Catherine draws another card. "The last eight!"

Catherine's hand adds up to 25.

Which means...

"Fantastic." Catherine says sarcastically. "You win, Caleb." Catherine places a mountain of chips in front of us, and the people around us clap and cheer.

I don't really understand what happened, but it felt pretty good.

"Heheh. We're having a feast tonight!" Lupin says.

"Wow. How did we do that? Did you cheat somehow?" I ask.

"Hey, don't be rude. Games of chance are no fun if you break the rules. I don't cheat. I just count." Lupin says.

"Count what?" I ask.

"The cards. I memorised which ones had been played. In blackjack, you don't shuffle again until the whole deck is used." Lupin says. "So if you can keep track of which cards have already been played, you can figure out what's coming next. It's still fun."

"Are you saying that you remembered which cards showed up the whole time were playing?" I ask.

"Pretty much. Didn't I tell you? I always get what I want. My chances of failing are always zero." As Lupin says this with a laugh, I can't help but be dazzled by her. She seems to be shining in the light.

A female voice comes on the speaker. Another thing that shouldn't exist yet. "Is this thing on?" There is a silence as whoever this woman is with is obviously talking with someone else. "Sorry to bother, Big Sis Sis, but you assured me that this casino would make our family money. Instead you have just cost a lot of money from our family. I'm going to have to punish you for that. Since you haven't intentionally betrayed anyone, I only ask that you take off any and all clothes that were purchased with Moriarty Family money."

"But that's all of them." Catherine says.

"Yes. That should cover the debt owned to Viscount Lu... I mean Perenna."

The crowd gathers round Catherine.

Catherine takes off her hat and hands it to me.

The crowd, including Lupin and myself, watch intently, as Catherine takes off her gloves, which she also hands over to me.

Catherine then gives me her choker, then her earrings. She pulls off her high heels. Finally, she moves ono her dress.

She takes off her gloves. She takes off her choker. She pulls out her earrings. She takes off her high heels. She takes off her dress.

I hear gasps as Catherine slowly takes off her dress.

She wears nothing underneath. She stands completely naked before us. She covers herself up with her hands.

"We should make sure there isn't anything else." Lupin says.

"Catherine, please could you maybe put your arms down your sides and perhaps spread your legs." the voice on the speaker says.

Catherine obeys her sister. She is completely flat chested.

Lupin puts her hands on Catherine, feeling her up. She puts her fingers inside the woman's pussy. "I see. Your wet down there." Catherine's face turns even redder. "Your looks nice. I might wear it the next time I come."

"Actually, Miss Perenna, I'm sorry to inform you, but I have to ban you from the tables itself. You can still hit the bar, or the food stalls, but I can't afford to keep paying you." the voice on the speaker says.

Lupin and I leave with Catherine's clothes.

I look back to see Catherine running out the room, trying to cover herself.