
Nick Karrier had been at the charity ball for only half an hour but he was more than ready to leave.
Events like this were painfully predictable. Flat champagne, unidentifiable food, too much bling and too many women competing for his attention.
Prince Nicolas of Karas was ready to say goodbye to the whole thing, too. But then, Nick the billionaire and Nicolas the soon-to-be king of Karas were the same man.
It was a tightly guarded secret, known only by his father the king and the Council of Ministers. For the past six months, Nicolas had been living in New York and enjoying his freedom, but two weeks from now he would return home and assume the responsibilities of the throne of Karas.
His homeland was an island kingdom in the Mediterranean Sea. It was wealthy, thanks to its gold mines, but smaller than its neighbors, the once-united but now-separated kingdoms of Aristo and Calista. Nicolass father and the Council feared that without a new direction and new leadership, Karas might be swallowed up by one of the two kingdoms and they had decided that it was time Nicolas provided that leadership.
Nicolas knew the importance of duty. He had agreed, but with a price: half a year of anonymity far from Karas.
"A king cannot think of his own needs," his father had said, when Nicolas told him he was taking this time alone.
"I am not yet king, father," Nicolas had replied with quiet determination. "I am still a prince, free to make my own choices, and I am simply informing you and the Council of my plans."
The kings stern face had softened. "You have the spirit our people require, my son," hed said, "but you must be king by the time your aunt, Queen Tia Karedes of Aristo, celebrates her sixtieth birthday. It will be a huge event, viewed by the entire world, and you should attend as Karass new king."
So Nicolas became Nick, moved to a Manhattan penthouse and assumed the carefree existence that went with having good looks and lots of money. Nobody questioned his sudden appearance. He had been protected from the media as a boy and carefully maintained his privacy as a man. Besides, this was New York, a city in which modern fairy tales thrived.
Two weeks more, and Nicolass would end. And tonight, hed realized he was ready for that to happen. Maybe there was truth in the old saying that there could be too much of a good thing.
Nicolas raised his glass, caught the overly-sweet smell of cheap champagne, changed his mind about drinking any more of it and surreptitiously eyed his watch. Tonights causeSave the Pelicans, Save the Penguins, Save Something or Otherwas a good one but for the most part, events like this were not. He had the damnedest desire to grab the mike and ask if anyone here had ever considered staying home and just sending a check. Or, even better, volunteering. Hed helped build houses for the poor in an outlying province of Karas a couple of years ago and hed enjoyed every sweaty, muscle-building minute.
Grabbing that microphone might not be a bad idea
Hell.
A waiter sidled by. Nick exchanged his flute of flat champagne for what turned out to be an apple martini. He shuddered, got rid of it and decided it was time to leave. Really leave, maybe move up his return to Karas by a few days. It was time.
Yes, there were things hed miss. Anonymity. Solitude. The right to be with a woman solely because she wanted himbut then, there was never any guarantee of that, not when you had a lot of money. New York women had been all over him and it would have been even worse if theyd known he had a title. Hed never thought a man could tire of being surrounded by beautiful, eager-to-please females, but he had.
From now on, at least, trying to figure out a womans motives would not be a problem.
The Council would find him a wife.
She would be of royal blood or, at the least, well-bred. She would be from his part of the world, Karatian or Aristan but not Calistan. Karas maintained a polite relationship with the sheikhs of Calista but their culture was too different from that of Karas. She would be attractivehe would demand that muchbut other than that, royal marriages were about duty. Not love, not passion, not heat and sex and challenge
It was definitely time to get out of here, out of New York, before he got himself into troublealthough it did seem wrong to end his freedom on a down note. Surely, there was something he could do as a send-off
"Have you purchased your raffle tickets yet?"
The voice was female and no-nonsense. It reminded him of the icy governesses of his childhood, and he reached for his wallet without bothering to look up.
"How much?" he said, his tone bored and brusque.
"A thousand dollars each."
"Fine. Ill take five."
"Five?" Her voice dripped disdain. "Only five, given your reputation for squandering your money?"
That did make him look up andsurprise, surprisethe woman looked nothing like any governess hed ever known. Not with that long, lush body, that sexy tumble of gold curls, that spectacular face and those enormous, coffee-colored eyes. She was looking at him with something close to contempt.
She was beautiful. And unless she was putting on a damned good act, she didnt seem the least impressed by him.
Seducing her into his bed might be the perfect way to say goodbye to his six months of freedom.
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