CSBB Snippet
Here’s a snippet from a CSBB work in progress for you to enjoy!
Tucking her chin down to better stare through Robin’s sunglasses, Emma frowned. His face was honest. It didn’t look like he was lying to her, but Emma had been wrong before. “If you make the turn to go to the hotel instead of to the highway, I’m calling 9-1-1 to report my kidnapping,” Emma said after several moments of considering Robin’s expression. “In fact-” she brought up the dial pad on her phone and pressed nine before showing it to him, “just a precaution.”
Robin blinked. “Do I look like a kidnapper?”
“I could see your face on a wanted poster,” Emma said simply before opening the front passenger door.
“Princess-”
Emma held up a hand. “I don’t want any of that. No ‘Princess’, no ‘your Majesty’, no--”
“Your Highness is the appropriate term for a princess.”
“Really? What did I just say?” Emma glowered at her step-grandmother’s body guard. “It’s Emma. Just Emma.” Whatever titles her step-grandmother and her minions insisted that she had, Emma knew that none of them applied to her. American girls in combat boots and thick glasses didn’t come with titles. Titles of books they needed to read for English class or maybe titles of term papers that were a few days overdue, but nothing akin to “Princess.”
“Of course,” he said, pausing, “Emma.”
Emma wished she had the energy to offer him a smile in gratitude, but all she could manage was a small nod as she climbed into the front seat.
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