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No doubt I was worrying for nothing.

She would cycle back to our suite.

In fact, she was likely there now.

I shook my head at myself.

All this worrying… for nothing!

Confident in my deductive reasoning, I turned on my heel and marched back the way I had come.

She would return and meet the Prince.

There was no harm in that, I thought.

After all, I was going to introduce her to him anyway.

What difference did it make whether or not I was with her when she did?

He would be kind and courteous, the way he had been raised and—

I slowed to a stop.

The thuds between beats of my heart stretched and stretched, becoming so long it might have been frozen.

Except…

Except… the Prince and I looked identical.

Beth couldn’t tell us apart.

She would mistake him for me and…

One terrible vision played through my mind after another.

I became terrified — horrified — of what might have happened.

I marched back towards our room but as the images kept flowing through, becoming more and more explicit, I began to jog, then run, then all-out sprint.

No…

No…

By the Creator, please no!

I sped down the hallway leading to our suite and, without even knocking, slammed into it with my shoulder, hurling it open.

And there, spread before me, were my greatest nightmares made real.

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ASLAS

The sex was incredible.

I’d have had my fair share of partners in the past, each one varying with their ability.

Some enjoyed it, treating it more like a physical challenge than pleasure, while others were shy and coy, with little experience to speak of.

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