Free Fantasyland 01 Wildest Dreams by Kristen Ashley

sparkling, frosty Lunwyn. Before
the House of Wilde secured the throne, Lunwyn saw centuries of dark
times, decades upon decades of turmoil. Uncle Baldur’s or
Broderick’s reign would be disputed, most likely violently and by
many factions, and everything must be done to secure the throne,
thus continued peace and prosperity for Lunwyn.
    Considering how I am, obviously, I want no
husband. But I knew I had to take one for my country in order to
provide them with a ruler who could be molded by myself, and a
strong father, to be a good king. Unfortunately, no matter how my
parents encouraged me then commanded me to do so, I dawdled in this
duty. Therefore, Father stepped in and found The Drakkar, who he
admires greatly and who often successfully performs difficult or
dangerous tasks others cannot and he does this for the realm.
    If I were to find a man, he would not be a
man like The Drakkar, who frightens me as well as the idea of his
advances repulsing me.
    But I must do this for my country I just
wanted to… wait. To have some time. To explore and be able to be
me, something I could not, for fear of my secret being discovered,
do at home. And when the witch came with your communication, giving
me information of this whole other world I did not know existed,
I’m afraid I jumped eagerly at the chance.
    I am sure by this time you have come to know
what others have said is true (or at least I hope so) about The
Drakkar. He is said to be quite virile, very skilled in this area
and many women not like me have noted he is extremely pleasing to
look upon. In fact, he is much sought after and considered a very
fine catch, perhaps, though I pay no attention to these things, the
best in the realm.
    I do hope with all my heart you
feel this way. It may help you as you deal with him to know that he
and I do not know each other very well, we have met only three
times, we did not converse far beyond the civilities and therefore,
although I am certain he knows much of me, as everyone in the realm
does, he does not know (again, underlined) me. Therefore, although you will not be working
with an entirely clean slate, it is clean enough that I hope you
can build the relationship you need to build with The Drakkar to
make your time with him enjoyable during your adventure. (Well, she was wrong
about that , maybe
she was drunk.)
    And I also hope that you have found a witch
to assist you with not conceiving his child or can find the courage
to discuss this with The Drakkar who can don a sheath to stop this
from happening. This is my duty, one I will bear on my return. You
will simply need to find a way to stop the conception of a child
until I can offer this service to my country.
    Or, perhaps, in a year’s time, our return to
our worlds can be reconsidered. It would truly break my heart to
leave my Lunwyn but if you were to wish to remain with The Drakkar
and any offspring you can provide who would serve my ice-bound
nation with fairness and decency, and be happy doing so, I would
make this sacrifice for the good of my people.
    But we will communicate when that time
comes.
    In the meantime, I wish you great adventures
with your adventurer, Seoafin. From the communications you sent me,
it seems you will fit The Drakkar well.
    I do hope that is true.
    Yours,
    Sjofn
    Okay, so she didn’t want to totally play me, but still, she played
me. I had been very forthcoming with her about why I wanted the
switch so clearly she’d been (kind of) matchmaking at the same time
looking out for herself. She had not been as forthcoming with me
including news about her upcoming nuptials and her Mom and Dad not being her biggest fans and the duty she had to her
country.
    It would have been nice to have a
choice and know what I
was dealing with prior to having
to deal with it.
    But I had to admit, reading about the
Raiders/Voyagers, the thought that that man was one of them was
intriguing. I had the sense from the books that their lifestyle was
romanticized