I was about to enter the bathroom when something the newscaster said caught my attention. I stopped short, sure I’d heard wrong, but the scrolling chyron across the bottom of the screen confirmed what I’d heard.
The sound of the running shower switched off, and the rumble of the stall door sliding open filtered into the bedroom.
“Ava?”
There was a brief pause and a faint rustle. “You’re home early!” Ava stepped out of the bathroom in a swirl of steam, hair and skin damp, with nothing but a towel wrapped around her slender frame. She beamed when she saw me, and my face softened.
“Slow day in the office.” I dropped a kiss on her mouth. My cock stirred with interest, and I was tempted to rip off her towel and take her right there against the wall, but there was something she needed to know before we started one of our all-nighters. “Did you hear from Bridget today?”
“No.” Ava’s brow furrowed. “Why?”
“Check out the news.” I angled my head toward the TV, where the newscaster spoke a mile a minute.
Ava paused, listening to the update before her jaw dropped.
I didn’t blame her. Because what just happened? It hadn’t happened in over 200 years of Eldorran history.
The newscaster’s high-pitched voice filled the room, so excited it trembled.
“…Crown Prince Nikolai has abdicated the throne of Eldorra to marry Sabrina Philips, the American flight attendant he met last year during a diplomatic trip to New York. Eldorran law stipulates the country’s monarchs must marry someone of noble birth. His sister, Princess Bridget, is now first in line to the throne. When she becomes Queen, she will be Eldorra’s first female monarch in more than a century…”
Footage of an expressionless Bridget exiting the Plaza Hotel in New York, trailed by her grim-faced bodyguard and surrounded by shouting reporters, flashed onscreen.
“Holy shit,” Ava said.
Holy shit was right. From what I remembered—which was everything—Bridget had chafed at the restrictions that came with being a regular princess. Now that she was first in line for the crown? She must be flipping out.
On TV, Rhys steered Bridget into a waiting car and leveled the reporters with a glare so menacing they backed up en masse. Most people would’ve missed it, but I caught the heat in Bridget’s eyes when she looked at Rhys and the way his hand brushed hers for a second longer than it should’ve before he closed the door.
I filed that piece of information away for the future. Bridget was Ava’s friend, so she was safe, but it never hurt to have blackmail material on a future queen.
Based on what I just witnessed, Bridget’s feelings about her impending rule were the least of her problems.
THE END
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TWISTED SERIES
A series of interconnected standalones
Twisted Love
Twisted Games
Twisted Hate
Twisted Lies
IF LOVE SERIES
If We Ever Meet Again （Duet Book 1）
If the Sun Never Sets （Duet Book 2）
If Love Had a Price （Standalone）
If We Were Perfect （Standalone）
STANDALONES
All I’ve Never Wanted
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Acknowledgments
Alex and Ava are two of my favorite characters I’ve written （shh, don’t tell the others）， and I want to thank everyone who helped bring my vision to life.
To my beta readers Aishah, Alison, Gunvor, Kate, and Kelly for their encouragement and feedback. It’s always nerve-wracking for me to send a book baby out to the world for the first time, but it was in good hands with these wonderful ladies!
To my editor Amy Briggs and proofreader Krista Burdine for whipping my manuscript into shape and putting up with my questionable love for special punctuation.
To Quirah at Temptation Creations for the beautiful cover.
And finally, to the bloggers and reviewers who’ve shown this book so much love. I adore you guys, and I am forever grateful.
xo, Ana
About the Author
Ana Huang is an author of primarily steamy New Adult and contemporary romance. Her books contain diverse characters and emotional, sometimes twisty roads toward HEAs （with plenty of banter and spice sprinkled in）。 Besides reading and writing, Ana loves traveling, is obsessed with hot chocolate, and has multiple relationships with fictional boyfriends.