Chapter 9 - Arrival
Francis POV
He saw the green land approaching, and new why Mary loved it. Scotland was a beautiful country. He had only been there once before when his father had insisted he came with him for a business deal. It was early morning and the winds had been good to them and they had arrived earlier than expected, they docked at the beach and quickly got in to their carriages to the castle, he watched as the Scottish highlands passed him by. The grass was so much greener than France. They arrived at the castle and started to unload, Lola and Kenna got out of the carriage and Kenna was greeted by her family, who she hadn't seen in nearly 2 years, he watched as Lola's face fell and she looked to the ground. He felt sorry for her, she had told her parents of her arrival and they had never replied, he felt partly responsible, as the reason was he had claimed their son. "King Francis, Lady Lola and Lady Kenna, we were not expecting you until later, but very well please follow me in to the castle" the footman said and for the first time since his departure in France he felt nervous to see Mary again, he knew he must hate her, and he was scared to see her. They walked through the castle, "As you have arrived early, I am afraid we can not offer you the greeting of the queen at this time, but she will be available soon, in the meantime, how about a tour" Kenna and Lola didn't need a tour as they still remembered it from when they were children, but none the less agreed to the tour. They passed many rooms and were shown many artworks. "Do you think the veil should be longer Mary" he heard the sound of Greer's voice to his left and noticed the door to the room ahead was open, as they reached the door he could hear Mary and Greer's voices, he looked in the room, and there stood Mary, wearing a white wedding dress, his heart seemed to smile as he was reminded of their wedding day when she had worn a dress similar, but his heart shattered when he realised the dress was for her next marriage. "Greer, Mary" called out Lola and Kenna they rushed in to the room and immediately started hugging the two, his gaze never left Mary and when she noticed him, se looked up and looked in to his blue eyes "Francis" Mary had meant to say it confidently but it came out as nothing more than a whisper. "Mary" he said it with longing but quickly gathered himself "we arrived earlier than expected and we were just on a tour, sorry if I intruded" said Francis "no, no it's no intrusion, we were just finishing here, may I have a word with you…Once I get out of this dress." Replied Mary "yes of course, I shall meet you in the garden" answered Francis, he turned away and shut the door and started heading to the garden.
Mary POV
Had that actually happened? Had she actually just seen him? She quickly changed and met Francis in the garden. "It's good to see you Francis" "you too Mary" he replied "I have a confession to make" Continued Mary "oh…" answered Francis slightly confused. "There are English soldiers massing at the borders, they heard about our annulment and are waiting for it to be signed then they plan on striking, the only way we can prevent this, is if we annul our marriage on the same day as I get re-married" Mary said the last bit a lot quitter. "But I leave in 2 days" answered Francis, heartbroken, "The wedding is tomorrow, Francis" "tomorrow?" could it be true, would he lose everything in just a matter of hours. How could this be true? In mid thought the footman announced the pope was here.
Bash POV
"Immediately send word to the King of France, that Narcisse is dead" shouted Bash to one of his footman, he just prayed he got there in time.
Francis POV
Francis laid on his bed and thought of the life he would never live. He had always picture him and Mary happy, with children. Him and Mary ruling the country side by side, Mary as a mother and Francis as a father none of this. He remembered the day he had first met her, he had travelled to the Docks with his mother and father to meet her, she hadn't been shy at all she simply walked up to him and introduced herself, this surprised him he thought girls would be all shy, since that day she had always surprised him, he smiled to himself as he fell in to a drunken sleep.
Next Chapter will be the wedding day! Keep Reviewing. Xx
