I shouldn't have been walking around alone at night. I shouldn't have stopped and watch the obviously crazy man set the building on fire. And I sure of hell shouldn't have accidentally caught his attention. Then maybe, just maybe I wouldn't have been kidnapped by the world's most evil super villain. And then hopefully right now I wouldn't be wishing that he wasn't completely crazy, and wanted to kill every super hero in the world, and that he would, I don't know, take me to the movies, hold my hand as we walked together, or maybe take me to dinner one night. You know normal, cute couple stuff. Instead he likes to kick puppies when no ones watching, dropping me from high buildings, and throwing people into traffic, annoyingly. Maybe if I had just minded my own business and kept walking, maybe I wouldn't have been taken by someone who's whole mission in life is to watch every super die, and cackle evilly while he thinks of it. Maybe if I had just minded my own business and kept walking, maybe I wouldn't start feeling bad for this super villain. Maybe I wouldn't be questioning everything I've ever learned about him. And God forbid, I wouldn't be loving a villain.

The last thing Queen Zara needs after her disastrous coronation is to be tied down to the arrogant Canadian agent who saved her life. ~~~~~ Zara inherits the crown in her early twenties when her elderly father passes away. She is convinced that, though she is young, she will make a fine queen, capable and strong. Beside her is the fiancé that her father hand selected for her before he died and her life couldn't be more planned out and organized. That is until shots are fired at her during her coronation. Luckily, a Canadian agent on vacation saves the day. Jasper Kingsley is Zara's ultimate challenge: hot-headed, riddled with secrets and scars, and so damn attractive. Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content, drug use, and themes of death and violence.