Ethan snorted. "They'll get over it. Eventually." He'd figured Katya's shocking announcement had been notification enough; it wasn't his fault people hadn't attended it. "Let it be a lesson; 'when the Queen of Spades speaks, bitches need to pay attention'."

He nodded then. "Yeah, a few times. Went around with Eileen and Avery, mostly. Dragooned into it. Swing's not really my forte." Granted, his attendance at these gatherings was more or less "business-related", so just kicking back and enjoying one was a strange experience.