Meriah Smith

Unexpected Cargo Meriah Smith

Johnathan was just a family man and a cargo runner. A political nobody with no connection or interest in the royal family apart from the occasional shipping jobs they hired him for. So he didn't understand why he and his odd family were being so persistently hounded by King Richard's personal guards. He later learns when Princess Elena had hired him to hide the royal seal for its safekeeping, it was actually a ruse. The real cargo she wanted him to keep safe for her was her unborn baby! She had secretly used a maternity transfer spell on him to hide her baby from Richard in the one place no one would expect... inside Johnathan! When he learns of the reason for the sudden onset of his odd symptoms, he is outraged. Yet when the Princess reveals that she has recently learned of a shared connection with him, one that bound them together in such a way that can't be broken, Johnathan mostly forgives her. So, instead of revenge, he attempts to help her indirectly in her quest to remove the unrightful king and regain it for her baby. Johnathan works against time to help the princess without getting caught and killed by the king. He hopes to accomplish all he can before the princess goes to war against the king and before his unlikely cargo must be delivered.