Protecting the Princess by Nadine Millard

Protecting the Princess by Nadine Millard

Author:Nadine Millard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2020-04-17T21:00:00+00:00


JACOB STARTED A fire, collected fresh water from a stream that ran down from the nearby mountain and put it on to heat before he even contemplated going to check on Princess Harriet.

He knew she was going to wash and change her clothing, and there was no way in hell he’d survive coming upon her in the middle of any of that.

She was angry. For a change, he thought sarcastically.

Jacob wracked his brain thinking what he could have done to upset her this time, but he was stumped.

Perhaps she was just highly strung all the time.

Though she did say she hadn’t slept.

Well, the water she used to wash herself with would certainly cool her temper. Jacob had felt its iciness only an hour ago when he’d bathed himself.

He set out the last of her bread, cheese, and cured meat on the table.

One meal left. That was it. And plenty of tea.

No more linens. No medical supplies.

The reminder of her injury sent him out of the cottage and in search of the contrary royal before she hurt herself further.

He’d only walked a few minutes, following the fresh prints lest she had gotten it into her head to run off again, away from the lake. But before long, he arrived at the small lake he’d washed in earlier.

He steeled himself for what he might find. If she was naked, he’d simply have to avert his eyes and be a professional.

Jacob placed his hands on his hips and lifted his face to the sky, breathing deep and preparing for whatever he might find in front of him.

“What are you doing?”

Jacob screeched and nearly jumped out of his skin as the voice sounded right beside him.

He turned to glare down at the princess, unimpressed with her giggling.

“I’m sorry,” she gasped. “I didn’t mean to frighten you. That scream could wake the dead.”

Jacob scowled his displeasure.

“Excuse me, madam,” he bit out. “I did not scream.”

“Oh no?” she laughed. “What would you call it then?”

Jacob eyed her, singularly unimpressed. She had scared the damned wits out of him. And he had not screamed.

“I yelled,” he sniffed. “In a manly fashion.”

For some reason, that just made her laugh harder.

Jacob wasn’t used to feeling embarrassed, and it wasn’t an emotion he enjoyed.

But as he eyed the freshly scrubbed princess with her rosy cheeks and that glorious hair only half-tied with a ribbon making her look innocently lovely, he felt his own lips twitch in response to her laughter.

At least she didn’t appear to be angry at him anymore.

“I’ve left a pot of water on the fire, you know.” He tried to bring things back to some sort of sensibility, but his words set her off into peals of laughter again.

“How is that funny?” he demanded.

“You sound just like one of our cooks, Mrs. Bremmer,” she giggled. “Scolding me about the water and screeching like you’ve found a mouse in your kitchen.”

Jacob had long since had a reputation of almost mythical success when it came to ladies. Hans had



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