Gastronomique #3

An intense game of cat and mouse ensues in the wild, sinister gardens of Versailles!

Charlotte and Zelie traverse the garden of Versailles’ overgrowth and brave the lurking beasts to find the one beast they’re truly after—Tarrare.

As he remains frustratingly out of their reach, Charlotte reminisces about their past interludes and how her training under the Royal Spies has led to this very moment…

What follows next is a fever dream of violence, sex, and emotion as we peek further into her sordid past with Tarrare, and how she came to learn the art of the kill from the spies who took her in!

With Solange, Zelie, and Charlotte’s lives at stake as they continue their pursuit, the stakes are higher than ever in this issue of Marguerite Bennett’s explosive erotic body horror!

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