“Darjeeling.” Integra’s deadpan answer brought a confused glance from the bartender. Obviously, he did not know what she asked. What could this man know about the making of a good English tea as aperitif after an eventful night? “Because my standards are impossible to meet, I suppose that brandy would do,” she ordered to the tender as he served her the caramel-coloured liquor in a cognac glass.
She held her goblet and gave meagre sips at the content as she saw the black-haired woman challenged the group of men to a match of billiards. She drank the contents of her drink in one last sip and set the glass down before walking to the pool table. Walter taught her how to play when she was a young girl and her father how to cheat during his games with Islands.