Elena looked up at the Earl with fear. "I-I know nothing about him. For as you know my cousin the King had me brought here to help serve his queen and be a lady-in-waiting." She said quietly shifting her pale blue eyes away from the attractive man that stood before here. Elena had never had a man this close to her before.
"Is that so?.. Then tell me, why aren't you waiting on her majesty?.." Edward gasps her chin forcing her to look at him.
"Because, I am royalty my lord. It is only unless her majesty wishes for me to be of assistance to her." Elena said trying to move from the wall but became trapped as Edward placed his other hand at the other side of her face. Since the King had placed him in charge of this whole investigation over the Pole's & of Lady Elena York. He wasn't going to be easy on anyone, even if they may seem innocent.
"My Lady, It would be wise for you to confess what you know." Edward said seriously, yet he found it somewhat amusing on his part to toy with Elena for a while, a soft sigh left his lips as his blue eyes washed over her face.
"P-please my Lord.." She pleaded blinking away her tears. "I have done nothing wrong, I cannot stress to you how much I cannot help you for I do not know him!.."
Edward stepped away from Elena walking over to the table that had all her refreshments on; he poured himself a drink in his goblet, sipping on his drink he slowly sat down. "Reginald Pole is your cousin, how can you not know your own cousin." He asked coldly.
Elena flinched at the sudden changed in his voice and started to panic. "I-I don't know!.." She cried and holding her face in her hands. "Please, My Lord. I do not know what you want me to say.." She whispered and looked up at him.
"A confession would be nice." Edward said simply as he placed his goblet on a nearby table. "Your cousin is said to be excaudate tomorrow and your Aunt Lady Salisbury the following day. It would be a shame if you had to join them." He said watching Elena face change completely white.
"I-I know nothing!" Elena insisted as she slowly moved away from the wall to where the Earl was sat infront of the fire place. Elena stared at the Earl his aura alone made her feel weak at the knees, trembling ever so slightly when the Earl moved in his chair.
"I have some questions for you to answer…" The Earl said quietly as his eyes stared intensely at the fire. "Have you had any knowledge of the Poles recently of speaking to Reginald Pole?.." Edward turned his gaze to the young beauty that sat across from him.
"No my lord even if they are my first cousin, my father, god rest his soul had a feud with Lady Salisbury husband which is my uncle and he forbids me or any of my brothers and sisters to speak to them or Reginald Pole." She said quietly causing the Earl to nod his head lightly.
"I see, this information will not satisfy the king." He smirked at her facial expression. "My Lady."
"M-my Lord, please I will do anything you command me to!... that shall make me on the King good grace." Elena said getting out of her chair, she keeled down infront of the Earl taking hold of his hand. Edward stared down at the young women with a hint of curiosity in his eyes; he said nothing for he wished to hear Elena out although he knew even though on his part that the investigation on her was pointless.
"I-I beg you, my Lord to follow your orders and commands as if you were my king." She whispered quietly for it was treason to even say such things. "If it will help rid the cloud of treason over me." Elena squeezed the Earl's hand.
"Anything?.." The Earl asked her, watching the blond nod her head, a smirk touched his lips as his plan to get his wife back slowly clouded his mind and his gaze over the young lady almost seemed dazed. Elena eyebrows frowned in confusion over his sudden stare.
"My Lord?.." She asked and jumped when Edward suddenly his gaze to the fire. "I am not a man that indulges himself in pleasure but since it has been quite a while and I do not find my wife attractive since she has laid with many men within court." Edward turned his ice blue eyes back to the young lady that sat at his feet.
"Be mistress and I can assure you that the King will not trouble you with his doubts." Elena gasped lightly and then blushed deeply turning her gaze to his shoes. "If that is what my lord desire, then I-I shall try and custom myself to your request." Elena said quietly as she rose to her feet.
"Good." With that the Earl rose as well. "But if you are to be my official mistress, you cannot speak nor look at another man." He told her sternly smirking as he watched how easily tamed she was unlike his wife. After saying his farewells. The Earl made his way to his personal apartments to write up a drift notes over the questions and answers each of the people he had interrogated.
Glancing up from his desk when he heard a footstep coming towards him and the women he mostly despite was standing there. "Anne. What do you want?.." He asked her quite coldly. Anne ignored his tone of voice and continued towards him unfazed made how annoyed Edward was by her presence.
"Is there a reason, your avoiding me?.." She asked him suddenly as her brown eyes wondered over his papers infront of him.
"Anne. Why must you ask foolish question, why you know full well that I was working for the king." He told her and rolled his eyes before sipping his drink, as he stared up at her, he couldn't help yet wait to see her reaction to finding out he had a mistress.