NOLAN Yena was sound asleep by the time Nolan got home. He slid into bed beside her and got about two solid hours of sleep before his phone woke him up.The prince had about a dozen news alerts set to trigger a notification on his phone any time something was published online that mentioned certain keywords.Waking to the sound he had assigned to news alerts, Nolan rolled over and reached out for his phone, expecting the notification be something trivial.It was not trivial.He shot straight up in bed and opened up the link.There was a photo of two people walking in the rain, together under a single umbrella. He recognized Yena but could not tell immediately who the tall man with his arm around her was.The headline at the top of the article read, Princess Yena Spotted in Intimate Embrace with Husband’s Half-Brother.Nolan scrolled down. There were more photos.And yes, the man in t

YENA        “He’s your BROTHER?”       I could hardly process what Nolan was saying to me.       “Half-brother,” he corrected.He slid his phone over to me. The screen was open to a news article that had been published early this morning and was now, apparently, being reposted all over social media.       The article had a horrible, salacious headline about me, and contained a bunch of pictures of me and Adan under his umbrella. I couldn’t believe it.       And apparently, the professor had been keeping a secret from me — the fact that he was actually my brother-in-law.       “Why didn’t you tell me about any of this before?” I asked Nolan, pushing the phone back over to

NOLAN It had been a while since the princess had let him fuck her.It was all he could think about the whole time they were fencing. He blamed being distracted by her body for the point that she somehow scored against him.Still, she impressed him.She was more athletic than he had expected. She was motivated and focused too. He admired that.And he was surprised when she started flirting with him after their practice. Lately she had been acting disinterested in him. Keeping her distance.So when she started her little strip tease in the fencing room, he just about lost his mind.He threw her against the wall way too hard. But he couldn’t control himself, and he could feel that she was loving it. He stopped trying hold back.He wanted to taste her. He wrapped her legs around his waist and put a few fingers inside her. She was tight and dripping wet.He pulled his fingers out and licked one. S

NOLAN        Nolan got up quietly, hours before sunrise. He pulled the covers up around Yena’s bare shoulders. She was sound asleep and snoring lightly.He dressed and started to exit, then found himself pacing back over to the bed and gazing at the peaceful expression on her face as he thought about what he was about to do.This morning, he had a very early meeting scheduled with the Secretary of State.       Kerr had been the one to request the meeting. But then he had made it very difficult to schedule, canceling several appointments at the last minute.It was a power play. Kerr was trying to bait the prince into going into a conversation irritated and off his game.       Nolan could not have refused to take the meeting. It was important to keep up appearances right now. He was still trying to figure out what exactly wa

YENA  It was not how I’d expected to spend the night before the show. Fucking and fighting with Nolan.I figured I’d be up obsessing over the work, finding something to mess with and maybe mess up at the last minute. All the drama at least distracted me from thinking about all that. Next thing I knew my alarm was going off in the morning. Nolan was in the shower. I went in after him and he left the room without looking at me. I was getting dressed when he came to tell me he was leaving. He walked up from behind me and put his arms around me and kissed my cheek.“You’re going to be great,” he said, making eye contact with me in the mirror. “Thank you,” I said. Neither of us tried a smile. The air in the room was thick.  I turned around before he could leave and looked him in the eye directly.Nolan opened his mouth and froze. I could al