PROLOGUE
"This is not how I imagined our trip to Paris, Mary," Francis whispered silently, whose face was illuminated by a single torch, against the cold metal bars separating him from his wife who sat rotting inside a prison cell, a cell not even fitting for a human being, as he felt the excruciating pain of having condemn his wife to trial and to turn her over to the mercy of both Elizabeth and Parliament de Paris. "If you weren't so much of a martyr, we would not be in this situation—why are you so selfless, why did you desire to be a different kind of ruler when that would cost you your head?" Francis whispered against the wall, unable to see the beaten state of his wife.
"Because of love. I am fueled by my love for my countrymen, driven by my love for my nation, and motivated by my love for you, Francis. . .of all people, know that it is you who I am dying for," and in that moment, all Francis could do, even as a King of France, was pray to God or any being who could save his wife.
I do not own REIGN or the character of said television series. Both the CW Network and Laurie McCarthy does the "ownership" part for me. I'm a peasant.