The best stories are the ones with the unexpected plot twists that no one would have guessed, even the writer.

The king who stepped into the ballroom wearing a green velvet robe and bejeweled crown was none other that the tiger-man who'd prowled through my nightmares and nearly every waking moment for the past two days. Chorda.

Plot twist: everything goes exactly as planned.

Marcus and Ellie exchanged a worried look and examined the bag again. Sure enough, the gold was gone.