You are being pro­vid­ed with a book chap­ter by chap­ter. I will request you to read the book for me after each chap­ter. After read­ing the chap­ter, 1. short­en the chap­ter to no less than 300 words and no more than 400 words. 2. Do not change the name, address, or any impor­tant nouns in the chap­ter. 3. Do not trans­late the orig­i­nal lan­guage. 4. Keep the same style as the orig­i­nal chap­ter, keep it con­sis­tent through­out the chap­ter. Your reply must com­ply with all four require­ments, or it’s invalid.
I will pro­vide the chap­ter now.

She can nev­er be his…but he’s tak­ing her any­way.
Sto­ic, broody, and arro­gant, elite body­guard Rhys Larsen has two
rules: 1) Pro­tect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emo­tion­al­ly
involved. Ever.
He has nev­er once been tempt­ed to break those rules…until her.
Brid­get von Ascheberg. A princess with a stub­born streak that
match­es his own and a hid­den fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s
noth­ing he expect­ed and every­thing he nev­er knew he need­ed.
Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defens­es until he’s
faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to pro­tect
her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.
Because she’s his.
His princess.
His for­bid­den fruit.
His every depraved fan­ta­sy.
***
Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Brid-
get dreams of the free­dom to live and love as she choos­es.
But when her broth­er abdi­cates, she’s sud­den­ly faced with the
prospect of a love­less, polit­i­cal­ly expe­di­ent mar­riage and a throne
she nev­er want­ed.
And as she nav­i­gates the intricacies—and treacheries—of her new
role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can’t have.
Her body­guard.