To
be the best courier in the world, eighteen-year-old Benét Leila follows three
simple rules: always work alone, never stay in one place too long, and never
fall in love. Too bad she didn't follow her own advice.
Leila
is a courier. To the people she takes from, she is seen as a common thief; to
the people she helps, she is a savior.
Nalick
is your typical king. He's rich, powerful, and always assumed to be right. When
Leila crosses paths with King Nalick, she finds herself trapped. In a rush to
save her best friend Kay from a prison sentence for a crime Leila committed,
Leila trades her hand in marriage in exchange for Kay’s freedom.
Tomboy
Leila does not want to grow up, but in three months’ time, she will be married
to King Nalick, if Nalick can keep his end of the bargain. First, Nalick must
make Leila fall in love with him, a hard task since Leila is not ready to love
again after losing her first love to a greedy king. Second, Nalick must keep
her safe. He is not the only king trying to hold onto her. Leila has made many
enemies over the years, and even more admirers that want her as a prize.
Lastly, Nalick must convince Leila that ten years of love is better than a
lifetime without. Unless Leila can trust her destiny, she might not reach her
wedding day at all.
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“And where should we put her, Nalick?” one of them
asked. Leila was surprised to hear the man address Nalick so casually.
“Leave her here,” he ordered.
“But, but . . .” the tracker sputtered. “If you just
put my captive back in jail she will escape.”
“Don’t worry. She will not be going anywhere. She is
not the ghost courier,” Nalick replied as Kay was escorted out of the room.
“Now, I’d like to be left alone with this one,” Nalick
said, referring to Leila.
“Bring the seer,” he ordered. The men beside him rose
and left the room. One of the men from earlier escorted the tracker out. The
second man shut the door and stood at the back of the room.
“So everyone out
did not include him?” Leila asked. She had no chance of leaving if both men
stayed in the room with Nalick and her. One, she could possibly overpower, but
two would be foolish to challenge.
Nalick rose and walked over to her. Leila stood her
ground and did not move. Nalick circled around her, inspecting her like a wolf
getting ready to pounce on its prey. Leila knew what was coming next. She had
this same encounter with five other kings before. Though, in her opinion, they
were all lesser men than the man in front of her. She still did not happily
anticipate the next words out of his mouth. Leila stood in silence as he
returned to his table and leaned against the tabletop. Just like all the other
kings, he looked at her like she was a trophy. Leila refused to be a trophy to
any king. Like any man in power, Nalick had committed acts against innocent
people. Intentionally or not, Leila did not approve of hurting innocent people.
She had been in several battles over the last four years, and luckily escaped
with her life each time, but never once had she killed anyone who attacked her.
Even those who would try to kill her did not deserve to die in her opinion.
As she stood there, the door in the back of the room
opened and the seer, Gabor, walked in escorted by the man who had just left.
Leila stared blankly at Nalick, trying her best to read his expression.
“I really don’t think you understand the word alone,” she commented to Nalick
sarcastically, as the door shut and there were now five people in the room.
Gabor walked past her and bowed his head slightly to
the king. Nalick nodded his head, and Gabor returned to Leila. Extending his
hand, Leila knew what he was planning to do. Trying to stay in control of the
situation, Leila gave the old man her hand. Surprised, he stopped, held her
hand, and closed his eyes. After a few moments, Gabor returned to the king’s
side. Nalick leaned over to the seer and asked him a question too quiet for
Leila to hear.
“You don’t need to be hushed about this since you are
discussing me,” Leila said before Gabor could respond. Nalick looked up at her.
“I am guessing I can answer your questions just as well as he could.”
Nalick smiled. He had become the king when he was
fourteen and then everything changed. Almost every person treated him
differently, apart from his two good friends that were standing in the room
with him now. In his years of being king, Nalick had yet to find a woman that
would speak her mind to, or at, him. Here before him stood the woman who was a
legend around the dinner tables he shared with neighboring kings. All told of
encountering a lady so beautiful she would take your breath away and yet who
was so cunning none could cage her long enough to make her into a wife. She was
truly everything they talked about, and even more. Nalick didn’t need the
seer’s opinion to know that this was the woman he wanted to marry.
About the Author
Originally
from Wisconsin, B. Kristin currently resides in Ohio with her husband, two
small children, and three cats. When not doing the mom thing of chasing kids,
baking cookies, and playing outside, she is using her PhD in Biology working as
a scientist. In her free time she is hard at work on multiple novels; as each
day passes, she has more ideas for both current and future novels.
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