The last thing I expected when I signed up for royal protection duty was to see all three of them.
Dude — chaotic, half-buttoned, all charm and trouble.
Guy — polished, noble, sword always clean, honor always louder than necessary.
Him — silent, deadly, and somehow the sexiest shadow in the kingdom.
I was one of two princesses. My sister and I had been shuffled from court to court since birth. This time, someone wanted us dead.
Enter the three most absurd men I've ever met.
They were not a team. They were a disaster.
They argued over everything.
Dude took off his shirt before breakfast.
Guy insisted on prayer before dinner.
Him barely spoke, but his eyes never stopped undressing people.
My sister flirted with all of them.
I flirted with death, mostly.
But when the ambush came, they moved like a single blade.
Dude grinned while stabbing.
Guy yelled about formation.
Him vanished — and returned wiping blood off his dagger.
We survived. Barely. But my heart wasn't safe.
Rain. A broken-down carriage. One tent.
Dude made a fire.
Guy built a perimeter.
Him sharpened his knives and stared like he knew every wicked thing I'd dreamed.
I lay between my sister and the storm, too aware of every heartbeat outside.
That night, the three of them took shifts — watching over us. Watching each other.
Watching me.
The princesses made a game of it.
Who could seduce which of them first.
My sister kissed Guy under a waterfall.
I kissed Dude behind a tree.
Him kissed us both in a corridor without making a sound.
It got worse. Or better.
We stopped choosing.
It happened in the abandoned watchtower.
One fire. Five bodies. No rules.
Dude's hands were fast. Guy's were reverent. Him's were everywhere at once.
We were stripped by mouths. Lifted. Held. Worshipped.
I lost count of the moans. Of the fingers. Of whose tongue was where.
We broke the bed.
We slept on each other.
We didn't speak until dawn.
They didn't stay.
Dude kissed us goodbye and promised nothing.
Guy gave us a vow we didn't ask for.
Him disappeared before we woke.
But sometimes, when I sleep, I still feel all three.
And I know — one day, we'll all find each other again.
And next time, no one's leaving the bed.