.” She hesitated, but then her voice grew more firm. “I am Princess Ellerie di’Valla, eldest daughter of Her Exalted Majesty, Queen Revana. Unti... I left, I was heir to the throne.”A princess? Ellerie was well-educated, and Corec had always suspected she’d come from a wealthy family, but being a princess just didn’t match the image of her he had in his mind. He’d always assumed her family was more like his own—lesser nobles, or perhaps rich merchants.“I don’t know what to say. Why did you. I told him to get comfy and brushed by to use the bathroom, swaying my hips seductively with each step as he watched my every move like a deer in headlights. I smiled and closed the door, dropping my handbag and pulling out my phone to text my mother I wouldn't be home until later. I sprayed some deodorant and reapplied more cherry lipstick to make my plump lips pop then adjusted my wavy, blonde before I walked back out to find Sean laying down on the bed in just a small pair of dark, blue. One morning we were surprised to see a whole flotilla of boats coming up the channel towards our island. When they arrived we discovered we had almost every able bodied person in the community. Leading the group were Elizabeth and Constable Ron.“We felt we needed to do something to show our gratitude to you,” Elizabeth said to me, “so we decided to bring out a work crew to help.” I hugged Elizabeth and told her how much we appreciated it. While Elizabeth and I were hugging one another, Ron was. It’d been a great night so far, and I was feeling generous. “Why don’t you take it?” I said. “I’m kinda tired, anyway.” Lesley shook her head impatiently. “He wants BOTH of us,” she said, “and he’s willing to tip us each double.” Well, this sounded interesting, but as Lesley drag- ged me out to the tables I warned her that I hadn’t tried this before — I didn’t want to screw things up and make her.