All Chapters of The Playboy Prince's Dilemma: Bloodshed or boardroom : Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

2020, February 14th (Velora, Stormhold)AIDENElena walked through the doors of the candlelit restaurant and my fear that I made a mistake by coming tonight was confirmed. Why did I let my ex-fiancée, Avory Moore, sway me into believing she would actually show up tonight?Newly engaged to Stormhold's monarch, King Theron, Queen Avory Moore had nothing to offer me. And yet, when she called and said she wanted to return my mother's ring to me in person, I gladly agreed. If only to see her one last time. "Avory sends her regards," said Elena, taking the seat across from me. Elena put the ring box down in front of me. I just stared at it. Not once but twice has this ring failed to get me married. The bloody thing was obviously cursed. "Avory really did want to come Aid, but Theron just isn't —" "Since when are you and Avory such besties?" I asked, draining the glass of champagne in front of me in one go. Elena and Avory were cousins. Who was I kidding? Elena was so much more than m

2020, February 14th (Velora, Stormhold)KEIRA He broke the kiss abruptly, turning his back on me. The apparent indifference should have made me want to bolt. Instead, it turned me on. I watched him with predatory hunger curling up in my core. He dismissed the waiter who had been stationed at his table all night. Then he discreetly brought the partition around, doing away with the crack I'd slipped through to get to him. He took his suit jacket off, turned back to me and laid it down neatly over my chair. All business and formal, like we were about to enter negotiations or something. He was exactly what I needed to take the edge off. Quiet the sadness for a while. A one and done who would do it right. And by it, I meant me. He walked up to me while taking his cufflinks off and rolling up my sleeves. The sight of him coming towards me sent a thrill from my head straight down to my toes. I didn't believe in allowing men the power to make my toes curl. In my line of work, that shit wa

2020, February 14th (Velora, Stormhold)AIDENSwitching tactics, I picked her up and laid her out on the table before us, bumping the champagne bottle and the glasses off the table in the process. "Pardon the intrusion, Your Highness," the waiter said nervously from the other side of the partition, having returned at the sound of breaking glass. "Fuck off!" I cursed impatiently, spreading her legs wide open to really lay into her pussy. Keira laughed through heavy breaths, a killer smile left behind when it died down. "Down Denny," she teased, but she allowed me to rip her legs apart and have my way with her. Murmurs and whispers came from the other side of the partition, but I didn't give a shit. The slight tremble of her legs meant she was about to come. That much I could do. Make the stone cold assassin's own body betray her. She looked me dead in the eye as I drilled into her, table rumbling beneath us. Her eyes didn't warm to my touch as I slammed into her urgently, holdin

2020, March 3rd (Imperium, Stormhold)KEIRAHe laughed heartily, a rumble that came from deep inside him. His reaction made me certain that he'd reject the idea outrightIn fairness, I did almost kill him and his brother. Besides, this probably wasn't a worthwhile proposition to him. Aiden Condron was no stranger to naked women throwing themselves at him. But then I wasn't exactly a scarecrow. With looks like mine, I could fuck my way through Stormhold if I so chose. Was he a great fuck? Yes. I still loved Ethan, but Aiden Condron fucked me like his dick belonged inside me. The euphoria was otherworldly. The rumours were not exaggerated. If anything, they undersold him. That wasn't why I wanted to dick around with him though. The liveliness in his vibrant ocean blues called out to me.My half naked body was a distraction. I hoped that if, by some miracle, he agreed to my proposal, he wouldn't ask for crucial information. Like what I had in mind for the next few days. Honestly, I ha

2020, August 23rd (Imperium, Stormhold) KEIRA Two days after mommy dearest died, the sharks were already circling. Not to oppose me or my new rank. No one was that stupid. Rather to poke holes in the way I did things in the wake of Madz's death. Every last coward hoped the next person would do the challenging for him/her. Madz's death created a void, caused unrest, even stirred rumours of war. The entitled imbeciles were getting themselves riled up. Not because they lamented the loss of the general. As they rubbed shoulders in my drawing room, lords and ladies whispered their concerns that they might be next to die. "I have better things to do than pacify these idiots," I said with a bored sigh. “Our condolences for Madz's death to The House of Dormer,” said Theron, stepping forward to offer me his hand. Honesty, he was a welcome reprieve. A soldier before he became a king, Theron got it. Unlike the rest, the pampered founding families of The House of Assassins,