He Who Dares: Book Three by Buckman Rob

Author:Buckman, Rob [Buckman, Rob]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: Rob Buckman
Published: 2015-08-27T03:00:00+00:00

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“What!”

“I said, you need to dress up as the Lady Anne and go to the party at the Free Traders Guild Hall.”

Princess Anastasia drew herself up and took a deep breath. “I’ll be damned if I’m going to parade around London in that ridiculous costume, father. It was bad enough having to go off planet dressed like that.” Her father sighed. King he might be with the power of life and death over the people in his kingdom, so to speak, but when it came to his daughter, like many fathers before him, he found his authority over his grown daughter somewhat limited.

“Anna! This is an official request from the Avalon Embassy, and a secondary request for you to go as ‘The Lady Anne’.”

“Requested by who… whom?” She corrected.

“I don’t know, but the unofficial word is that Max Tregallion will be there, the owner and ex-president of Avalon.”

“So, now I’m at the beck and call of some backwoods mucky muck… why can’t I go as the Princess Royal?” She stopped in mid sentence, her brow pulling down into a very unladylike frown. The Avalon Embassy shouldn’t have even known about her alter ego. The only person she knew from that planet was Mike. Could this request be somehow connected with him? The King also hated puzzles and intrigue at the best of times, but this request from the unofficial Avalon Embassy had him scratching his head.

“I don’t know… unless it’s for your safety.”

“If that red-nosed, fat bastard has anything to do with this…” Anne started to say.

“As far as I know, the Prime Minister has nothing to do with this invitation, and I wish you wouldn’t call him that. The situation between him and the royal family are strained enough as it is without him finding out you call him a red-nosed fat bastard, even if his is.” The King replied, suppressing a slight smile.

“I refuse!” Princess Anne almost stamped her foot, folding her arms over her chest instead, glaring at her father. It was a stance he’d seen before, and he wondered briefly if Mike Gray’s solution of putting her over his knee and spanking her bottom wasn’t so misplaced after all. He remembered a few times when his impulse was to do just that, and mores’ the pity he hadn’t.

“Anna! This is a royal command. You will dress up and you will go, is that clear!” In answer, she simply stormed out of the room and managed to slam the door behind her. In the end, with a lot of pouting and snapping at everybody within hearing, she went. Seaford of course came in for his share of her displeasure, and by the time they reached the Guild Hall, the temperature into the ground car was hovering around absolute zero.

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