Tackled in Seattle by Jami Davenport

Author:Jami Davenport [Davenport, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sports Romance, New Adult
Publisher: Cedrona Enterprises
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

~~Alisa~~

Royal life was everything I expected it to be and nothing like I expected it to be.

The first month was such a whirlwind of obligations and studying all things princess, from manners to my lineage to expectations to British history. I didn’t have time to think beyond getting through the day without screwing up or committing some social faux pas.

I was followed everywhere, hounded day and night by media, and put on a tight leash. I hardly did anything without the permission of someone higher up the food chain than I or an official representative of that food chain.

My stepmother glared at me with distaste every time she saw me, and my father was oblivious to her machinations to make me look bad and herself look better. My father applauded her efforts to turn my sow’s ear into a silk purse.

There were endless balls and engagements and public appearances. I’d had my feet stomped on by many a tottering member of British gentry. My hand had pumped countless sweaty palms. And I’d suppressed multiple yawns listening to speakers drone on about subjects I cared nothing about.

Yet there were many things I loved, such as the ability to affect change because of the power my position wielded. I embraced multiple crusades, as my father called them, ranging from animal welfare to the plight of the unfortunate and disabled. My father approved of my charity work and rewarded me with a proud smile and a word of praise here and there. I’d even caught him bragging to some of his cronies about my dedication. My causes were what drove me to be the best princess I could be.

It didn’t hurt that I had all the latest designer clothes and attended endless parties. On the surface, I enjoyed the dancing and even the flirting, but when I was alone in my room, the hollowness in my chest overwhelmed me. If only Gage were here. I missed him terribly. Tiff filled me in occasionally on him, but I hadn’t made contact with him since the draft. I didn’t dare. Besides, nothing was keeping him from contacting me, but he didn’t. He probably hadn’t really loved me, just the sex, and I needed to get over him and move on. I was working on it.

I was often thrown together with the young son of a duke. Ted was a viscount and a very nice man. We become fast friends. We’d often sit in a corner of the room, heads together, and commiserate with each other at these events, Ted had a quick wit and was thoroughly entertaining when he was out from under his father’s iron rule. He became my bestie in my new life, and I don’t know how I’d have made it through those first weeks without him.

When the royal family took a late winter break at Crossley Manor, I looked forward to riding horses and getting away from all the scrutiny and critical eyes watching my every move. I gladly rode in the local hunt, relieved it was a drag hunt and they didn’t hunt a real fox.

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