"Do you mean you are a virgin?" "Yes," "Yes what?" "I.am.a.virgin." I said holding a tendril of my hair shyly. "One week." "For?" "I give you one week to come to terms with all these. After one week, I won't be able to keep my hands off you, dear wife." *** Trapped in a royal betrothal, Zara hates Zack. Zack loathes Zara. Thus, they won't consummate the marriage or follow any sort of tradition. To punish them, the Queen sends them on a journey to Island Formentera. However, a shipwreck leaves them stranded- stuck with each other. Will they go home and face the enemies of the royal household together? Or be swallowed by each other's pride?
Chapter 1 Prologue
Prologue
*2 weeks before*
I remember mum's exact words. Like her last words to me about my betrothed marriage. She had said,
"All of this looks so bad, child, but try fixing it". I have always looked up to mom as a very realistic person. A woman of principles, virtues and love for her family, I adored her. She had this perk of being protective of her home and deals with it just right.
That day exact replayed in my head over and over again like a broken brick, fixing over and all over again. I had attempted to convince my mum to stop this, looking forward, raising my chin up and stabilizing my shoulders like a true royal princess.
"You, you can fix this. Why won't you?", I had said to her. Mrs. Sanders was an epitome of a perfect queen. She had been a peasant long enough even before she became a royal queen of England. She looked younger than her age and is a mouthwatering beauty.
"To fulfil all righteousness, child. You will understand sooner or later. Pray thee, this masculine is the best for you. There is nothing more surreal as this", she says in her clean English accent. Years of being a royal queen really shaped my mum. I mean, you should have seen her when she was a full-time peasant mistress. Always chilling like a villain.
"Mum? I don't think I'm ready", I said as calm as I could. After years of being taught how to be a proper English, I have been told to be relaxed even when angered to the extreme. I held the folds of my lilac knee length night gown, staring at the moonlight outside the window.
"That comes the best part of it all", she smiled highlighting her perfect sets of white teeth, swaying her graceful manicured hands in the air with her curls going here and there.
"You are ready to enter this whirlpool, child. This is your betrothed, love. You would do just fine". I stared in surprise at what she said knowing that she was the one that actually understood me in the palace. And the fact that she was going to let her daughter; her only begotten daughter in all to get married to another who was unknown. Who didn't matter to us in the palace just a while ago.
Really, I had expected more from mum. Apart from being her only daughter of the four royal heirs, my siblings were all males and I was the second born. My elder brother got married to his betrothed, two years ago, and they really do fine presently but I can't compare my situation to his because the girl literally grew up in the castle.
"Okay, mum", I grunted in defeat, bending my shoulders down. I had decided to face this head on even if I had no idea how. I'm a full grown charming woman to even begin with so I wasn't going to be affected in the slightest manner.
"My goddess! What are you doing, dear? You don't ever slump your shoulder backwards in defeat. You are a princess and you should be graceful at all times". She gave a sigh and braced herself too. She then wrapped me into a hug squeezing me so tight and protective.
"Ur-mum? This is so unladylike", I reminded her in her usual neat, arching my brows.
"I know, dear. Fuck it!". She said in a spin of second and hugged me tighter. I gripped her warm hug and settled in, breathing gently.
I was really going to miss her, you know.
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Chapter 1 Prologue
02/08/2021
Chapter 2 Royal Wedding Night
02/08/2021
Chapter 3 Meeting My New Family
02/08/2021
Chapter 4 FernƔnda
02/08/2021
Chapter 5 Uncalled For
02/08/2021
Chapter 6 Kiss me in Spanish
14/12/2022
Chapter 7 She had just revealed it
14/12/2022
Chapter 8 The Wreck
14/12/2022
Chapter 9 Island Formentera
14/12/2022
Chapter 10 Little Zack
14/12/2022
Chapter 11 Shades of Being Stupid
20/12/2022
Chapter 12 Massage
20/12/2022
Chapter 13 Ultimate Search
20/12/2022
Chapter 14 Revenge can be reordered
20/12/2022
Chapter 15 Temple Mysteries
04/01/2023
Chapter 16 A Love Like Poison
04/01/2023
Chapter 17 Breaking Bored
04/01/2023
Chapter 18 Lust or Love
04/01/2023
Chapter 19 Always be my Maybe
04/01/2023
Chapter 20 The Cabin
04/01/2023
Chapter 21 Primitive Smoky Way
04/01/2023
Chapter 22 Some Things Never Change
04/01/2023
Chapter 23 When Things Go Unplanned
04/01/2023
Chapter 24 Curiosity Killed the Cat
04/01/2023
Chapter 25 That Bitch Esmeralda
04/01/2023
Chapter 26 The Bitch Arrives
04/01/2023
Chapter 27 Brothers by Heart
04/01/2023
Chapter 28 Even Tomboys Get Hurt
04/01/2023
Chapter 29 A Royal Summon
04/01/2023
Chapter 30 Candle Cane Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses
04/01/2023
Chapter 31 The Art of Seduction
04/01/2023
Chapter 32 The New Doctor
04/01/2023
Chapter 33 Maya's Complaints
04/01/2023
Chapter 34 Drunk Zack
04/01/2023
Chapter 35 Beating the Bitch
04/01/2023
Chapter 36 Balcony Make-out
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Chapter 37 Loving Zack
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Chapter 38 Chambers of Silence
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Chapter 39 Royal Funeral
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Chapter 40 Sherlock Holmes
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