In Chap­ter 29 of the nov­el, Brid­get and Rhys nav­i­gate the com­plex­i­ties of their clan­des­tine rela­tion­ship amidst Brid­get’s roy­al duties in Athen­berg. After return­ing from a high­ly suc­cess­ful good­will tour, Brid­get’s pop­u­lar­i­ty soars, con­trast­ing with the low­er approval rat­ings of the Speak­er, Erhall. Despite the thrill of their secret meet­ings, Brid­get’s respon­si­bil­i­ties con­tin­ue to demand her atten­tion, par­tic­u­lar­ly in advo­cat­ing for the cit­i­zens of Eldor­ra dur­ing her meet­ings with the Speak­er and the King.

Brid­get intro­duces the Cit­i­zen Let­ters pro­gram, hop­ing to bring atten­tion to var­i­ous con­cerns, although she’s aware of the Speak­er’s like­ly inac­tion. Her efforts to address the issues of Eldor­ra’s peo­ple clash with Erhal­l’s dis­mis­sive atti­tude and the chal­lenges posed by her polit­i­cal rivals, includ­ing Andreas, who smirks at her advo­ca­cy.

One such meet­ing takes a sen­su­al turn for Brid­get when Rhys decides to spice up her day with a vibra­tor. The dar­ing game between them esca­lates, chal­leng­ing Brid­get to main­tain her com­po­sure in front of her grand­fa­ther, Erhall, and Andreas. Despite the awk­ward inter­rup­tion by Mikaela, Brid­get and Rhys man­age to find plea­sure and con­nec­tion amidst the risk of dis­cov­ery.

The chap­ter con­cludes with Brid­get quick­ly com­pos­ing her­self to address Mikae­la’s con­cerns and meet­ings, though inter­nal­ly, she rel­ish­es the free­dom and exhil­a­ra­tion her rela­tion­ship with Rhys pro­vides. Their love affair, pep­pered with risks and heat­ed moments, adds a lay­er of excite­ment to Brid­get’s life but also under­scores the ten­sion between her pub­lic duties and pri­vate desires.