"This cannot be true... This baby shouldn't be a girl... I supposed to have a boy, not girl... We have to get rid of her" the woman was feeling hysterical.
"But, Eloise, the King Ancel won't aloud this" Maudelyn, her cousin said.
"I do not care what my husband says! I promised him a son, not a daughter. This girl should go" Queen Eloise was so angry. She did not want a daughter.
"She's a baby!"
"Better get rid of her, it is a order from your queen. Obey or I will get you execute" she threatened Maudelyn. "You first will talk to my husband, and tell him this girl is dead. You will say him that I will take care of the burial, and that I do not want to see him. Is that alright?" Maudelyn did not say a word, she just nodded. "Find something, and take her away from here. I do not wish they hear her cry".
Eloise got up and took all the blankets whice were dirty because of the labor. Maudelyn took the baby, and held her, while her cousin did her best to hide the baby into the blankets.
"Leave now!"
Maudelyn did exactly what her cousin had told her. She couldn't believe how she acted. She was not the same person she knew as a child. Maudelyn took the girl to her chambers. She cleaned her. She was going to take the girl with her. She had to come back to Caerleon with her husband, Sir Edric and their five years old son, Gwaine. She knew, if she explains the situation to her husband, he will understand.
So, she prepared herself to leave at midnight, when the castle sleeps. She was not at alone, besides the baby, a Caerleon's knight was with her, and that was Sir Wyman, a good friend of her, and a great and brave knight. She trusted him, so she left the baby with him while she was saying goodbye to her cousin and the King.
That same night, they left Shadowedge behind.
The journey to Caerleon's Kingdom was fine. No troubles, no bandits around, and it was a little bit quick. In the blink of an eye, she was home. Safe and sound. She wanted to hug her little boy, Gwaine, she wanted to feel her husband's embrace.
When she came in, Gwaine was there, sitting, having dinner.
"Gwaine!" she claimed.
"Mommy!" he said so excited, and instantly he ran to her. "I missed you!"
"Me too, my dear" she kissed his forehead.
"What do you have there? Is that a surprise for me?" he asked looking at what her mother was holding in her arms.
"Call you father. I need to talk to him, go to your room, we'll talk later. I promise, Gwaine" she said with a sweet smile.
He did what her mother said.
"Welcome back, my love" his husband said and kiss her swiftly on the lips. "What is it? Are you fine? Did something happen to you?"
"I missed you, love" she smiled at him. "I am fine, nothing happen to me. I want you to meet somebody" she revealed the little girl, who was sleeping in her arms.
"She is beautiful... You were pregnant and you did not tell me?"
"Of course not! This baby is Eloise and Ancel's daughter..."
"What is she doing here?!"
"Eloise did not want her because she was not a boy... I could not leave this child alone. God only knows what my cousin would do to her. Trust me, my love, I saved her life. She will be with us from now on, she will be our daughter. Gwaine will have his little sister" there was something in they way she looked at him, he could not refuse to that, it was a child, and his wife cared about her, and he loved his wife more than anything, so he would agreed if that makes her happy.
"We will take of her, she will be our daughter" they shared a kiss. "Go to tell Gwaine, he would be so happy".
She rushed to Gwaine's room. Edric followed her behind, he wanted to see that moment when Gwaine finds out.
"Gwaine, honey, I want to you introduce somebody" they boy made his way to her. She sat on his bed. "This is your sister, say hello to her".
"Hello sister... What's her name?" he asked as he sat next to her mother.
Maudelyn and Edric stared at each other for a moment.
"Elia" they said at the same time.