Soldiers of Fortune

In the glittering drawing rooms of a New York winter soirée, Miss Alice Langham is asked to make room for an unexpected guest—a weather‑bitten cowboy who arrived with only a letter of introduction from a mutual friend. Mrs. Porter, ever the match‑maker, seats him beside Alice, hoping his rugged charm will stir the genteel crowd. Curious and a little apprehensive, Alice watches the stranger navigate the polished etiquette of high society.

Across the table sits Reginald King, a familiar face whose polished manners have long masked a more elusive self. A fleeting encounter in a Parisian studio, where he playfully teases a French dancer, reveals a boyish spark that makes Alice wonder whether the man she knows could ever be a true equal and companion. As she weighs the expectations of wealth, ambition, and affection, her heart begins to question what love really means beyond society’s polished veneer.