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He tugged her hair, forcing her head at a painful angle “Just like that, the little viper puts away her fangs?”
Before she could come up with a plausible lie, the door on Walther’s side opened He shot her another evil glare before letting her hair fall froot out of the li her to follow He stopped next to a pair of hulking men who looked like they shopped for suits at the same store as the Harbor City Giant football team’s defensive line As soon as she stepped outside of the car, the duo flanked her Neither even glanced her way
“This is your security teaht now you are late for your et rid of that awful hair color, those colored contacts, and your hideous clothing so you once again look like the Her Royal Highness Princess Eloise” He glanced down at the deadly cuff on her wrist “Don’t think I’m fooled by your little act back there in the car Go ahead and run I dare you” He gave a curt nod to the guards on either side of her, turned, and strode away
Elle watched hi it wouldn’t be the last time she’d see hi for his life
Chapter Fourteen
The sun had yet to turn the sky above Elskov froht blue when the jet touched down on an overgrown landing strip outside the capital Do every one of the potholes on the unused tarer than absolutely necessary was too long for Elle to be in the Fjende’s hands He didn’t have tin to flicker off He needed to get to her now
Major Bendtsen hung up his cell phone “Our onsite operatives confir zone is clear”
Good news, but it didn’t et to Elle “The princess?”
“One of our undercovers in the castle has had visual contact,” thewatched by two guards at all times”
The jet jerked to a stop, and Dorabbed his duffel, and rushed to the door Unwilling to wait for the flight attendant, he threw it open The stairs unfolded automatically, and he was halfway down before he realized not one but two black sedans were parked along the west edge of the asphalt near where the jet had stopped
The driver got out of the first sedan and opened the back passenger door The first thing to e stick, emblazoned with the royal crest on its handle A frail old man stepped out
Do like dew on a fresh blade of grass Painfully thin with dark circles under his blue eyes and gray-tinted skin, King Magnuz leaned heavily against his cane Even his most trusted advisers fronized hiuard didn’t offer his arhness needed help
Shoving away his shock at the king’s transforo, Dohness”
The king hten up “You’re confident your plan ork?”
“Depends on your daughter’s willingness to play along” Do that no matter how many backup plans he had, when it caiven “We’ll need her to stay in place until the Kronig begins Our agent inside the castle is getting a e to the princess when he delivers her breakfast this ”