Twisted Royals Origin Story by Bristol Sidney

Author:Bristol, Sidney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: short story, contemporary romance, sweet read, modern fairy tales
Publisher: Inked Press
Published: 2017-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Ryuto “Duke” Lopez:

This Navy veteran likes to work with his hands. He prides himself on being a self made man and defining who he is, but it doesn’t change the fact that he has always been left on the outside looking in. A child of two cultures who belongs to none, except that of a rumbling engine and fast bike.

Duke bobbed his knee and checked the time.

Was it over yet?

Why the hell had he said yes?

He could have skipped the media shitstorm like Blake and Jaxon were. At least Vas had a reason—he was on-shift at the firehouse. Duke could be working on that sweet fifties bike restoration job. He was finally done working through the caked-on grease, the years of dirt and scrubbing off the shitty paint job. When he was done, that bike was going to be museum quality. Instead, he was packed into a tiny room with too many of the guys. It was hot, stuffy, and he was pretty sure his balls were starting to sweat.

“Holy fuckin’ shit.” Ian stared at his phone.

“What now?” Duke asked. It was what they were all thinking.

“One of those fancy mornin’ shows. They want to fly us into New York.” Ian blinked at him.

Just about everyone muttered a curse under their breath.

Five days.

In five days that stupid video had over a million hits. There were people all over the country sending them fan mail.

Duke had a dozen letters from little girls dressed as Mulan sent directly to his motorcycle shop.

Who the fuck let their kid write a letter to a biker dude like him? He didn’t exactly look like prince material with his busted mug, the scars or the tattoos, but that didn’t seem to matter.

Still, the reach of what they’d done was astounding. Duke hadn’t even played a real prince, but it didn’t seem to matter to these kids. He’d become a hero by wearing fake armor and being half-Japanese, and he wasn’t entirely comfortable with it. Hell, whenever anyone said, “Thank you for your service,” in regards to his time spent in the Navy, he had no fucking clue what to say to them, much less all these letters from kids.

“Did you guys know there’s an audience?” Levi blinked at him. The poor guy was paler than usual. Duke had dragged him along simply because if he had to do it, so did Levi.

“Yup.”

“We should...like, have a plan. What are we going to say? Have we thought about it?” Levi stared around the room.

“Not really...” Ian was getting a little green around the gills.

Duke mentally re-read the pages written in large, looping letters. Some of it wasn’t even legible, but it didn’t matter. Those kids, boys and girls alike, had seen their stupid asses dancing in a video and found some joy. Some hope.

“We keep it focused on the kids,” Duke said. “That’s why we did this. That’s what matters. Stay positive, stick to the kids, and it’ll be over before we know it.”

The guys nodded, as if he were speaking some sort of sage advice.

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