Note: This is my own attempt at a what-if story. I know it has been done before, but what if Anne Boleyn managed to escape with help and took refuge in France? I hope you all enjoy and if you think it is worthwhile I will continue it.

May 16 1536

"She is gone! The queen is gone, sire!" a man shouted, shaking as he burst into the doors and the guards apprehended him, lest he hurt the king.

King Henry had been in the middle of a chess game with Jane Seymour and she let out a squeak, looking pale and she shook her head, her hand going to her pale throat as she took deep breaths and Henry shoved his chair back and stood up, incredulous.

"How is that possible?" King Henry asked, face ashen and a look of anger contorted his face as he grabbed the man by the shirt and pulled him up to his face. "How is that possible?" he bellowed.

The man looked ready to faint and he shook his head. "I-I don't k-know, your majesty. She was seen in the tower last night and this morning she was gone. A few of the guards had been knocked out and she door opened. The queen is missing. The Queen Anne is gone."

"That is impossible," Henry breathed. "Damn incompetent people. Did I not say for them to watch the Queen? I should have known her witchery would do this. Nothing gets past Anne." There was grudging admiration in his voice. "We'll find her. I am the King of England! No one outsmarts me."

As Henry looked around he sighed and thought of Anne as everyone shuffled and left to do his bidding. Anne. God how he had loved her, waited for her, tore the body kingdom apart for her favor, for her love and she had betrayed him. Lied to him all along. Her family had planned the whole thing, she hadn't been a virgin. Of course he knew the french court and no one barely left with their chastity enact. Yet he had given her all, his name, his kingdom and his heart. Hunted her like he hunted in the hills around his kingdom and possessed her, but he questioned had he truly? Maybe Anne had never loved him and that thought was not to be borne. He despised Anne Boleyn and all the traitor Boleyns.

Shuddering he buried his face in his hands as grief filled him and replaced the anger monetarily. Her dark eyes, long tresses and bewitching smile filled his mind. She had seduced him and because he was a man and had urges he was up to the game. Suddenly he felt a small hand on his shoulder and turned to face the pale sweetness of Jane.

"My King? Are you well?" she whispered.

He grabbed her hands in his and looked down at her beauty of her face, her blue eyes and gentle mouth. He didn't answer, but pulled her against him and kissed her, hard and fierce. Her mouth opened to his and he placed his tongue in her mouth and the kiss grew heated, Anne and the chess game forgotten, until...

"Because the love I bear you is so great, it broke my heart to see you loved others."

Anne. Suddenly he heard her voice in his mind. Maybe he was going mad. Nearly reared back, but kept his body rigid and pushed it out of his mind as he and Jane kept kissing. When he opened his eyes, it was Anne's face he saw. The oval shape, darker skin, thick and dark lashes, her lips he had been kissing. Rearing back, Henry let out a curse.

"Damnit!"

Jane paled. "Did I do something to displease your majesty? Did I act too... forward and unpleasing in your sight?"

"No... no..." Henry murmured, but he was lost in his thoughts as he paced away from Jane. "I must tale my leave, Jane. The queen is cunning and there is no telling where she is. I must find her before she sets the whole kingdom a roar. Wherever she goes there is talk and the day before her execution."

"When will I see you again?" Jane pleadingly asked, hoping they would be married soon, but now that was not to be since the queen was missing.

"Soon sweetheart," he offhandedly said. Then he turned and left Jane, heading into the hallway, he heard everyone talking. Where could Anne be? This shouldn't have surprised him, but once again Anne was a step ahead of him and he would chase her and bring her back, even if he had to bring his kingdom down about her ears. He would show her!