Kingsman: The Golden Circle by Tim Waggoner

Author:Tim Waggoner
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785657337
Publisher: Titan

Stockholm, Sweden

Tilde lay on her bed, the nameless little pug curled up beside her. The puppy wasn’t sleeping, though. Its eyes were wide open and watching her intently, as if it knew she was upset but didn’t know what to do about it. Her face was wet with tears, and she was fighting to keep from crying again. It seems that’s all she did now: cry. She wasn’t upset because Eggsy might’ve slept with that slut whose picture he’d sent her. She hoped he hadn’t, of course. What really hurt was that she’d thought Eggsy loved her enough to commit to their relationship. But he obviously didn’t. And part of it—so he claimed—was because she was a princess, destined one day to be queen of her country. But she couldn’t help that! She’d been born into the royal family. She’d spent her whole life trying to live in two worlds: one, the world of a princess, with all of its duties and responsibilities, and the other, the world of a regular girl. Someone who wasn’t special because of who her mother and father were, but because of who she was. Someone who had her own thoughts and ideas, her own dreams, who didn’t have to worry about protocol or the potential national and international repercussions of her actions. That was why she had this apartment in the city. It was a place where she could go and be just plain Tilde, princess be damned. It was a small place—a living area, kitchenette, bathroom, and bedroom—but it was hers.

The pug whined softly, as if sensing her emotional turmoil, and she smiled and scratched its head. What she needed was something to help her calm down, to take the edge off. She reached into her nightstand drawer and took out a joint and a lighter. She lit up, took her first toke, held the smoke in her lungs for several seconds, and then let it out slowly.

God, that was good. She felt better already.

This was definitely something she couldn’t do in the palace. Marijuana was illegal in Sweden, and most Swedes viewed it as no different from harder drugs such as heroin or cocaine. Alcohol was legal—although Swedes weren’t generally big drinkers—and Tilde saw little difference between it and cannabis. As long as one was careful not to overindulge, she saw no harm in it. She knew her parents wouldn’t see it the same way, though. The princess smoking an illegal drug? What a scandal! Even so, she smoked rarely, and now was a special occasion. The man she loved may have loved her back, but he didn’t love her enough to truly be with her, not in the way that mattered most, and this had shattered her heart.

She took another toke as her phone buzzed. She picked it up, read Eggsy’s latest message, and then deleted it. She tossed the phone onto the bed, lay down, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and despite her intention not to cry anymore today, new tears began to flow.

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