In this steamy Pride and Prejudice variation, the dark and handsome Fitzwilliam Darcy is a king and reigns with a cold, calm, distance, ruling from a castle overlooking the city of Meryton.Elizabeth Bennet is the daughter of former Baron of Longbourn, who is forced into theft to feed her family.When she is brought before the king for punishment , she asks for the King's Pardon , an intimate and somewhat secret ticket to freedom for those willing to please the king however he chooses . What she gets is a delicious awakening to her desires with a man more passionate than he first seems.*This short story is a Variation on the well-loved Pride and Prejudice story. While the characters are the same, their motivations are different. It is a steamy story intended for mature readers.