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TWISTED GAMES
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ANA HUANG
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To all the girls who said fuck Prin
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Epilogue32. Bridget33. Rhys34. Brid
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She can never be his...but he's tak
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NOTE TO READERS:This story takes pl
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1BRIDGET“SPANK ME! MASTER, SPANK
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I was glad Emma hadn’t told me ab
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to run my hand through his thick da
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Booth choked out a laugh, which he
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2RHYSPRINCESS BRIDGET VON ASCHEBERG
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horny college guys? I’m surprised
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My shoulders tensed.I rose from my
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might as well learn how to do every
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3BRIDGETONE OF THE WORST THINGS ABO
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long-term volunteers at Wags & Whis
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advantage of the lull in our normal
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Another long beat passed before Rhy
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Bridget brushed a strand of hair ou
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have an event in an hour.”“No,
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Okay, bonding was too strong a word
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you’ll be.”While my life wasn
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secrets and revenge.I honestly didn
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fresh flowers on a summer day—and
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keep up your end of the bargain, an
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6BRIDGETTRIAL MONTH ONE“You’re
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Please.”“Can’t. One employee
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breath whispered across my skin in
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festival grounds.Rhys sat on the co
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drawing?”“My therapist suggeste
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planned it with my friends, then…
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phone.I’d deal with my inappropri
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Subway, a nail salon, and a restaur
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My heart crashed against my ribcage
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8BRIDGET/RHYSBRIDGETOne second, I w
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death.Rhys was an experienced soldi
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Terror raked its claws down my spin
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“One day, I went over and saw him
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9BRIDGETSOMETHING CHANGED THE NIGHT
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Rhys’s gaze lingered on me for a
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“You scared Louis half to death,
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the sharp trill of an incoming call
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RHYSBRIDGET WANTED TO LEAVE FOR ELD
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“He raised us, you know.” Bridg
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“What?”“You said you wanted t
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the seat behind her so I didn’t h
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BRIDGETRHYS AND I DIDN’T TALK AGA
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forced Nikolai to leave the room ea
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as someone like me can get.”I can
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A smidge of relief softened his exp
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Oh, for fuck’s sake.I hardened my
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and my gut was never wrong.Maybe sh
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rain by yourself?”“Like I said,
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tried not to notice how good he sme
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accident.You’re overthinking.The
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cheek. I wiped it away angrily.I ha
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RHYS3 WEEKS LATERSome people have s
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Fuck pummeling his face. I wanted t
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driver and caught up with her in fo
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Either fuck me, or I’ll find some
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“You’re going to live your life
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both our minds.Since I couldn’t,
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He’s on vacation right now and le
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Our conversation was depressing me.
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back a huge grin.Ziplining looked s
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“Yes. You should go shirtless mor
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gave her was fake. She was alone, p
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I gave her another hard kiss before
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“Making sure I can take my sweet
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out until just the tip remained.“
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expected such a one-eighty so soon.
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The next morning, I woke up earlier
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PART II
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BRIDGETSIX WEEKS LATER“His Majest
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“Yes.” A small grimace crossed
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at any minute and at the prospect o
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but I had nothing against the actua
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It’d only been six weeks, but it
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here again after six weeks because
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short black hairs on his cheek and
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broken the ice between me and Rhys.
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BRIDGET“MIGHT I SAY, YOU LOOK ABS
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diamond necklace resting against my
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hearing about his clothes and gym e
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received an invite despite not bein
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“It’s not a big deal.” Rhys w
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my gun. Maybe I would’ve pulled i
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I’ll be staying with her until sh
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we were children, and he thrives on
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None. Zip. Nada.I had as much roman
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announcement blared over the PA sys
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princess. Happy?”I tried again.
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BRIDGETTWO WEEKS AFTER MY DATE WITH
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“They’re not random people, the
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it hadn’t been our priority, and
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I closed my eyes and stifled a moan
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We stayed silent until we reached t
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“Please.” She clutched at my ar
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me deeper.“This is for all the ti
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rating shot sky high, nearly rivali
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“That wasn’t a request.”My ni
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him thrusting in and out of me—
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and left, but not before shooting m
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RHYSI WAS ADDICTED.Me, the man who
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“Come here.”“You ordering me
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things in the world I couldn’t wi
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BRIDGET“STEFFAN.” MY HEART THUM
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this weekend for the final preparat
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“Okay, but laws can’t be repeal
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know me so well.”“I do.”“Hm
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Andreas raised his eyebrows. “I
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“Third floor’s not that high.
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BRIDGET“IS EVERYTHING OKAY?” SA
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kingdom…and if it wasn’t alread
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RHYSAS EXPECTED, PRINCE NIKOLAI AND
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“The princess and the duke. Fairy
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Possessiveness and anger gripped me
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BRIDGETMY DRESS POOLED AROUND MY AN
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against my skin. “There’s not m
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“Okay.” A hint of doubt remaine
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I should tell Rhys. He’d know wha
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moments, it couldn’t last.Eventua
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you fix this.” Whenever Elin was
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For a second, I thought Markus had
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RHYS“…REPORTS THE KING IS IN ST
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exercises, so please.” She gestur
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top of that…“It’s not,” I s
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BRIDGETDON’T LOOK AT HIM.If I loo
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Gray thunderstorms stared back at m
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I smiled at the reminder of our aft
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hospitalization died down. As a bon
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“So, it’s done.” She regarded
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RHYSMY FIRST TASTE OF ALCOHOL BURNE
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On the surface, Christian looked li
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ice cream on quiet nights. Someone
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he opened the door wider and steppe
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secrets with them to their graves.
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Unfortunately, I was running out of
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BRIDGETTHE PALACE ASSIGNED BOOTH AS
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classic, if cliche. The Maldives ar
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But it wouldn’t be love. It would
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“Grandfather!” I jumped out of
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certain bodyguard.”The desk blurr
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Baby, we’re way beyond like.I dia
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BRIDGETI’D LOST MY MIND, ASKING A
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I let out a soft laugh as I hugged
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whipped. Watch.” She raised her v
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I didn’t think he would reveal an
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RHYSSHE WASN’T COMING.I stood on
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She froze at my low command, roughe
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vulnerability entered her eyes. “
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