" Gentlemen,' he said dramatically as he rose, kicking his chair back out of the way, 'your infidelity leaves me no choice but to fold this hand. But I Will return hen I've had Some luck rub off on me.' He winked widely, pulling me tight against him by the waist. Thumbscrews. The way I murdered him was going to include thumbscrews. "

― Alwyn Hamilton , Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3)