And yet, the draw to Alain is too much to bear. Colin doesn’t want to take an intersex consort as he abhors male pregnancy, having heard the horrors of his own birth all his 20 years. Colin knows he must sire an heir in order to maintain the principality if no heir exists, Sendorra is returned to Spain. So much so that the confirmed bachelor leaves his business card on Colin’s car, in the event Colin is eager to renew their acquaintance. Colin calls with alacrity, and they begin a sultry little dance into love. There he meets Alain de Gris and would have happily followed him home for some sexy-fun, but he is intercepted by palace folk who recognize him and “rescue” him from drunken folly.Īlain, a Nobel-winning scientist who also happens to be an accomplished gray witch, is entranced by the young, sexy man who briefly entertained him in the club. Being on summer holidays in Biarritz makes it easier for Colin to slip past his security detail and head for a gay club. When Colin’s best childhood friend, Princess Charlotte, breaks off their years-long engagement, the first thing Colin does is go trolling for a man. Colin’s magic enables him to talk with Andrew and allows him to have a (ghostly) companion in his darkest hours. Colin mourns his lost brother, Andrew, and wishes he’d lived, and not only because it would allow Colin to make a love match for himself instead of needing to sire an heir. Colin inherited more than a birthright he has the magic gene from his grandmother, the Dowager Princess Alexandra, who swore off magic almost entirely in order to appease her late husband and left her at odds with her family. His Da nearly died giving birth, something which would have permanently scarred his doting father, Prince Sebastian of Sendorra, a tiny principality in the mountains between France and Spain. Prince Colin was the younger twin who lived.

Stories on the Go by Andrew Ashling