Bad Princess by Julianna Keyes

Author:Julianna Keyes [Keyes, Julianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novella, royal, princess, prince, sexy, misbehaving, Humor
Publisher: Julianna Keyes
Published: 2017-11-27T05:00:00+00:00

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THE NEXT WEEKS BROUGHT more happiness than Brinley had ever known inside the castle walls. It still felt odd to think of Finn as her husband, but it felt natural to think of him as her lover and her friend and her confidant, things with which she had so little experience that each secret look or private touch felt like a novelty. Of course, all good things came to an end, and the dismal ending to their unexpected honeymoon phase was a trip to Lenora to witness a special announcement from Prince Jedrek and Princess Ilona. Everyone knew they would be telling the world they were expecting their first child, and everyone would act pleasantly surprised by the news. Each moment of their lives to date had been carefully planned and moderated; the pregnancy was just the next thing on the schedule.

Brinley stared out the car window at the rapidly darkening horizon. Castle Lenora had been built at the top of a mountain and the country ranged around it at varying altitudes, the peaked wooden chalets and snow-capped backdrops reminiscent of scenic paintings of luxurious ski villages. They had arrived by private jet an hour earlier, and the motorcade had been winding up the side of the snowy mountain at such a slow pace ever since that Brinley suspected it was being done specifically to torment her. She hated coming to Lenora. She had hated it ever since she fell in love with Finn and their family came to visit and she had listened in horror at dinner as their parents planned her sister’s future wedding to the man of her dreams.

“You have been silent for nearly three hours,” Finn observed from the far side of the backseat. They were alone in the dark interior, the partition up, the tinted glass shielding them from any onlookers. It was the first time in the weeks since the trip to the dungeon that they had spent any time alone with their clothes on and their hands to themselves. “I cannot help but wonder what you are plotting.”

“A coup,” Brinley answered absently. “Always a coup.”

Finn turned off the tablet in his lap, and the fading screen cast morphing shadows across his handsome face. “You said you just didn’t like flying,” he remarked. “But we landed over an hour ago, and you are still quiet.”

“Well...” Brinley faltered. “I hate it here.”

He looked surprised. “All of Lenora or just the castle?”

“Both. Well, the castle, I suppose. I have only ever been given the most perfunctory tour of the country.” She had always wanted the freedom to explore the lands the way she could explore her home, finding the hidden secrets and not just the photogenic arrangements she was expected to ooh and ahh over. But mostly she hated being there because in Estau she was still their princess; here she was just a target for the pointed barbs they could not launch at their own royal family because they were so infuriatingly perfect.

“I hate it too,” Finn agreed.

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