wedding bells.
~:~
walking down the aisle
to a man
she did not love
and never would.
~:~
for Scotland, right?
~:~
you are a
queen,
mary.
still a queen.
~:~
deep breath
hand off the flowers
take his hand
he's drunk.
~:~
this alliance
would get her
her cousin's throne
and so it was what she wanted.
...right?
~:~
wrong.
~:~
every fiber
of her being
knew
that this was a mistake.
~:~
for England.
for Scotland.
for her faith.
for her heir.
~:~
she could do it.
a loveless marriage
but a powerful one
which was all that mattered.
~:~
it was no longer
enough
to just
have Scotland.
~:~
Elizabeth had to fall.
she wanted it all
or not at all.