{"id":1926,"date":"2015-07-23T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T12:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/abbygreen\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=212"},"modified":"2015-08-25T19:54:07","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T18:54:07","slug":"the-queens-nine-month-scandal","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/abby-green.com\/portfolio-item\/the-queens-nine-month-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen\u2019s Nine-Month Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-d18d8c2c81d10022ebd21ffa95322c35 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1926'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-42d85e5d42d4a3afb03a73e989228051 av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Description<\/h3><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>USA Today bestselling author Abby Green takes you on one Queen\u2019s sensational journey from a masquerade ball to a royal scandal in this fantastic digital exclusive!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Desperate for a last taste of freedom before she enters a political, loveless marriage, Analia\u2014the famous Virgin Queen of Azoria\u2014hides behind her mask at a glitzy Venetian ball. 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itemprop=\"headline\"  >The Queen\u2019s Nine-Month Scandal<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Analia was still giddy with the knowledge that she\u2019d managed to escape the confines of her hotel suite thanks to observing a maid use a staff entrance earlier in the day. For the first time in her life she wasn\u2019t surrounded by staff and bodyguards in public. The feeling of freedom was heady. Waiters were passing through the crowd dressed in costume, their faces covered by masks. The guests looked beautiful and mysterious. Everyone was anonymous here. She could be anyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You look thirsty.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It took a second for the deep voice at Analia\u2019s side to register and she turned with a start to see a glass of champagne being held out towards her. She looked up, and up again to see a broad shouldered man who quite simply took her breath away. His face was almost entirely obscured on top by a black mask, and on the bottom by the dark growth of a beard that hugged his jaw.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other men dressed in tuxedos, he was in a dark suit but with an open \u2013 necked shirt. Unruly wavy dark hair almost touched his collar and only added to his rakish appearance, the hint of rebelliousness..it resonated deep within her.<\/p>\n<p>His lips quirked and they were firmly sculpted and so unedniably sensual that she felt a flutter of something hot deep in her belly. And then he smiled, flashing strong white teeth and Analia was dazzled. She also felt very strangely as if he was familiar to her, but in a way she couldn\u2019t rationalise. A little shiver went down her spine.<\/p>\n<p>She took the glass and murmured, \u2018Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I take it you\u2019re not meeting anyone here?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analia took a gulp of the sparkling liquid and let the bubbles race down her throat before saying wryly, \u2018Is it that obvious?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The man shrugged minutely, \u2018You looked a little lost when you came in.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Something pierced her at <i>lost<\/i> and she asked him in turn, \u2018And you? Are you alone too?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He turned his face to cast a look over the crowd and Analia\u2019s belly tightened to see how strong his jaw was. He was so intensely masculine.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know our host, that\u2019s about it.\u2019 He turned to look back down at her, \u2018With all these masks it\u2019s hard to know about anyone else.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I like it,\u2019 Analia heard herself blurting out.<\/p>\n<p>He seemed to know exactly what she meant and said slowly, \u2018Me too\u2026so no names then, or that\u2019ll ruin it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Flutters increased in Analia\u2019s belly. It was as if she\u2019d agreed to enter into some kind of illicit pact with this man. Which was crazy. They\u2019d only just met. Nevertheless she heard herself saying, \u2018No names.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Quirking a sexy smile again he said, \u2018We could make up names?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He held out a hand, \u2018I\u2019m Sasha.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analia felt a giggle rising up, an incredible lightheartedness. \u2018That\u2019s a girl\u2019s name!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He drawled, \u2018I think it\u2019s fairly obvious I\u2019m not a girl. I\u2019ll have you know that it\u2019s a very respectable man\u2019s name in Russia where my ancestors come from. Or not\u2026I could be making it all up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analia had a sense that he wasn\u2019t making it up. Something about him made her think of vast open steppes and an inhospitable environment pitting man against nature. Very aware of her heart pounding, Analia put her hand in his and seized on the first name she could think of. I\u2019m\u2026Alexandra.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Instantly the air around them seemed to crackle with awareness. Analia was aware of her hand being dwarfed by his. The faint calluses against her delicate skin. His incredible heat.<\/p>\n<p>Seconds passed, stretching as they stood there, locked in this bubble of intimacy. She felt his thumb move ever so slightly against the pulse of her wrist and her eyes widened under the lace of her mask, her breath choppy.<\/p>\n<p>The lighthearted feel of the last few moments seemed to change to something more intense. Analia could feel blood rushing to her face and other parts of her body. Her breasts felt heavy and her nipples became hard points against the silk of her dress.<\/p>\n<p>Without releasing her hand or saying anything else, Sasha guided her over to where doors stood open, leading her out to a balcony which overlooked the canal. Analia felt a little dazed. She\u2019d only met this man mere minutes ago and yet she felt bizarrely as if she\u2019d been speaking to him for hours.<\/p>\n<p>A couple passed them on their way back into the room and then they were alone on the balcony, the sound of the party muted. He let her hand go and Analia felt ridiculously bereft. She clutched her glass and said innocuously, \u2018It\u2019s so incredibly beautiful here.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She looked up at Sasha but he was looking at her, not the view. Under his mask she could make out the dark intensity of his eyes and that they were grey, like a stormy Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What are you doing here?\u2019 he asked then.<\/p>\n<p>Emboldened by the prosecco, the headiness of the protection of anonymity, Analia whispered, \u2018Escaping.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She could imagine him quirking a brow under his mark and he asked inevitably, \u2018From what?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analia looked away and gulped. Everything was slightly obscured from under the black lace of her mask. \u2018From nothing\u2026and everything.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She looked at him and lifted her chin. \u2018And you? Why are you here?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He smiled. \u2018Because I was looking for you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The words were only meant as a light flirtation. A platitude. The equivalent of asking her <i>if she came here often<\/i>? But Analia couldn\u2019t stop herself from imbuing them with a significance they didn\u2019t warrant.<\/p>\n<p>His smile faded then and he put down his glass of wine onto a nearby table. Analia tensed. He stretched out a hand and ran his finger down one cheek and across the line of her jaw.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly he muttered roughly, \u2018You\u2019re so beautiful.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Analia\u2019s skin tingled deliciously where he touched her. She blushed. No \u2013 one had ever complimented her like that before, it wouldn\u2019t be appropriate. She answered huskily. \u2018Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As if unable to help himself, he moved closer and his hand snaked around to the back of Analia\u2019s neck, under her hair. She felt unbearably sensitised and languorous all at once. Unable to stop him. Not wanting to stop him. Not even when he pulled her close enough so that she could feel the latent strength of his body next to hers.<\/p>\n<p>His head dipped and her eyes fluttered closed as that wickedly sensuous mouth settled over hers. Tasting, touching, so delicately that she might have imagined it. 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