Redefining Protocol: Chapter 11

A-A+B☼☽☾↔⛶Strangers bursting into tears upon meeting him had stopped surprising Thomas roughly sixteen years back, right about when he’d grown immune to camera flashes. There was simply a very specific type of person who broke down in tears when confronted with a member of the royal family. As if they’d cracked open some deeply buried…

A-A+B☼☽☾↔⛶The week before publication “One million,” Charlotte said, her voice crackling through Ellie’s ancient iPhone speaker. “Plus royalties.” Ellie nearly choked on her Tesco Meal Deal sandwich, a sad triangle of egg and cress that suddenly tasted like victory. She glanced around the cramped university library carrel where she’d been attempting to salvage her PhD…