King and Kingdom by Bourdon Danielle

Author:Bourdon, Danielle [Bourdon, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Romance, Suspense, royals
Publisher: Wildbloom Press
Published: 2013-02-06T07:00:00+00:00

. . .

The two security guards who arrived an hour later to escort her to a new holding room were ones Chey had never seen. They wore standard business suits in black and white and did not make eye contact as they guided her through the maze of tunnels to a more updated section of the dungeon. Here, cement floors replaced the dank stone and the walls were covered with paint.

Although spartan, the room they left her in had its own private bathroom and a narrow trio of windows at the very top of the wall near the ceiling. The cream colored paint offset a twin bed with royal blue covers and sheets.

Chey spent forty-eight hours there, alternating between tears and fury. Just when she thought she had control over one emotion, the other rose up to take its place. She saw no sign of Wynn—or any other 'guest' for that matter. Only the guards who came to deliver her meals.

When they arrived in the early afternoon of her second full day, Chey knew the decision had been made. They escorted her down the corridors, up a flight of stone stairs, and out into a side parking area away from the main courtyard. Snow had been plowed off the asphalt, leaving the drive clear. Chey noted that although it wasn't snowing now, the sky was heavy with clouds that promised more in the near future. She wondered if she would die beneath the brooding heavens.

This, then, was what a death row inmate must feel on his final leg to the executioner's chair.

Escorted into the back of a Hummer, Chey buckled in and fidgeted with the edge of the seat. She sent prayer after prayer that this wasn't her end, unable to wrap her mind around the torture of the unknown. Would she make it to the airport alive?

Intrigued as she had once been with Ahtissari castle, Chey discovered she didn't want to so much as glance at it upon her departure. She didn't care to have a last view of its impressive turrets and decorative arches. Natalia was probably staring down from on high, a smirk on her petulant mouth, counting the seconds until Chey was forever banished from her life.

Tense the entire drive, expecting a crash, or explosion or some other horror, Chey watched the shoreline whip by out the window. How different this trip turned out than how she imagined. Just now, all she wanted was the relative safety of her Seattle apartment and a year or two to recover from her inadvertent misery.

They passed through one small town and approached Vogeva from the north. Surprised when the Hummer pulled up in front of the quaint hotel on the main strip, she sat forward and reached for her belt.

The guard in the seat in front reached back to stay her motion. Moments later, a harried looking Wynn rushed out the front door with two guards carrying their luggage at her flank. She made her way around to the passenger side door and climbed in.

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