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James woke up the next day to find Katherine lying down peacefully beside him. There was less space between them now than there was the night before. James smiled at her sleeping figure as He realized how beautiful she really was. Her face looked so relaxed and when her thick black hair fell over to cover part of it, he did not have to think before he brushed it out of her face. Katherine stirred, but she did not wake up.

James took this time to study his wife. Her skin was pale and smooth, just like porcelain.

She was slender and had quite a remarkable shape. James brought his eyes

Her face again and they lingered on her full pink lips for a moment longer. He smiled to himself as he could not remember the last time he had woken up beside such a beautiful woman and in that instant, that was when he felt guilt fill his stomach. His mind immediately took him to the many mornings he would wake up cuddled with his first wife. The woman he had loved and had loved him. The woman he had given his whole heart to and more. James immediately moved away from Katherine, He slowly, but eventually got out of his bed, despite the pain in his head, but in all honesty, it was the pain in his heart that hurt more at the moment.

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Henry had eventually left Pembroke; he only stayed a day or two just to make sure James was in good health before he left. Once he was gone, things went back to normal at Pembroke, well almost normal. Katherine noticed that since the morning she had woken up alone on James's bed, he had been keeping a distance between them.

They hardly joked anymore and they never spent time alone, the only time he was with her in good spirits was when Lily was around.

Katherine did not know what to think about it, she had thought that perhaps he was just busy and trying to catch up on the work he missed while he was still healing, but it had been a week since then. She began to quietly watch as he would ride out early in the morning with his men and come back late.

Other times he spent a few hours in Renee's room and the rest of the time with Lily.

Katherine was getting upset. She understood James had loved Renee, she did, but she was getting a bit frustrated. She had tried to show him she cared, she had tried to be there for him, but when she did want to talk about his late wife, he would never open up about it and Katherine knew that if he did not, she might never succeed in getting her husband to fall in love with her.

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One late afternoon, the family of three spent their time after supper in the drawing room. Katherine was helping Lily with the finishing touches of her first project (A shirt for James), while James tried to read a book.

It was hard to concentrate.

Each time he would find himself watching his wife and child. His eyes watched Katherine as she calmly instructed Lily on what to do. When they laughed, he felt a smile come on his face, because he came to realize he really liked the sound of it. Katherine caught him once or twice, but he always tried to hide the fact that he had been watching. He'll like to think that he fooled her to believing him, but he knew Katherine was smart and that she figured him out.

James could not stay longer. Every time he thought about Katherine and what exactly it was she was doing to him, He felt guilty all over again. James Hated it. He left the two and bid them a good night before disappearing into his chambers.

He was angry. James did not know what he was doing when he angrily kicked his foot against his chamber door. It hurt a lot and he hopped to the nearest chair trying to nurse his leg at the same time.

Surly, he was not the only man to have ever lost a wife. Yet, he was the only one he knew having a problem moving on. Why?

There was a soft knock on his door and one of his gentlemen entered

"Her grace is here to see you" He said and James was surprised. What did Katherine want to talk about? He wondered.

"Let her in" He said quietly letting go of his throbbing foot.

Katherine walked in and James stood on his feet, but he stood too quickly, so he winced a little as he left his body weight on the his hurting feet

"Are you well my lord?" Katherine asked concerned and James nodded

"I'm fine" He said forcing a smile "Sit, please" He said and Katheirne did so.

She looked at him for a few minutes, before James decided to break the silence

"What did you want to see me for Katheirne?" He asked curiously and Katheirne sighed a bit

"Have I offended you, my Lord?" She asked and when James was about to answer her and tell her she had done nothing wrong, Katherine continued "Because, I thought for a time, that we were becoming friends and I was getting more accustomed to being your wife, but recently it seems you would rather keep away from me and so I have come to apologies for anything I have done to offend you"

James was stunned.

"Katherine, I promise you, you have done no wrong. There is no use in apologizing" He said quietly

"Then why have you been cold towards me?" Katherine had lowered her voice now

"I…I have been busy with work and our upcoming trip to Greenwich, I did not mean to give you the cold shoulder" He said not looking her in the eye

"That is not true" Katherine said bluntly and James looked at her shocked.

Katheirne smiled to herself. If James was not going to be the bold one, she would. She knew she loved him and she was prepared to let him know that- even if she had tried to show it through her actions—Katherine was going to tell him how she felt and she was going to tell him why he could not look at her…because he loved her too, but he was scared of feeling guilty.

"I beg your pardon, Madam. I know I am your husband, but you have no right to call me a liar" James tried to sound upset

"I do, if it was true…and if I was a liar myself" Katherine said seeing his eyes stare at her in confusion.

"James, I know I entered this marriage because the King saw it fit to rid of me to someone he could trust to handle me. I left him and my throne, though it hurt me, but I had loved the king with all my heart." James did not say anything and so Katherine continued

"When I came here, I found peace and comfort, but most importantly Love for Lily and eventually…you" James's eyes grew wide and Katherine knew there was no turning back now and so she continued

"I know you loved your late wife very much. I remember, how much you cared for her, I saw it." Katherine took a deep breath at this point " I think it is very honorable, the way you still think of her and still keep her room, but James, I also feel it is stopping you from moving on" James frowned at her at this point.

"I'm not asking you to love me like you did Renee, I am not asking to take her place in your heart or make you forget about her. I'm just asking that you try to be at peace with your feelings for her and….give me a chance"

James looked at her for a few minutes. He had an unreadable expression on his face, but the way he looked at her, Katherine felt her stomach drop. In that moment it was like being in the room with Henry when he was about to explode in anger, the only difference was that, James was trying hard not to.

"Why do you love me Katherine?" His voice was a bit shaky, but not because he was scared, he sounded cold and Katherine felt Goosebumps on her arms.

"I.."

"Is it because I look like him? You think because he left you, you can use me to replace HIM!" he was visibly angry now and Katherine did not know what to do. He had gotten up and he was so upset at her.

"You don't even know me, Katherine. I'm not Henry, I cannot take his place and I WILL NOT just forget about Renee. She knew me and she loved me for me and not because I look like Henry."

"I know you are not Henry, I know that!" Katherine yelled getting up too.

"Do You!"

"Yes!" Katheirne yelled and the room was silent again "I know that you have a good heart. You are not prejudice and you love with all your heart and not for the benefits you will gain. You respect me as a woman as a friend as an equal. I love these things about you. I love you because you are you, you are James Tudor and nothing like Henry, not even in looks, because the beauty inside you makes it hard to recognize his features on you." James was staring at her. He was not angry anymore, he just looked sad. His chest was heavy and he did not know what to say to Katherine.

Katherine waited for any kind of reply and when he did not speak; her worst fear came into realization. He did not care for her in that way, but it was fine. Perhaps he just needs more time. She thought trying to consol herself.

She felt her eyes get heavy and her chest tighten. With the little courage she had she spoke to him

"I'm sorry I have disturbed you" She told him, not able to look into his eyes. She was about to leave when she stopped to look at him

"I should let you know that I have appreciated your hospitality and generosity towards me these past months. I understand I have crossed the boundaries, but I hope we can still be friends for Elizabeth's sake" Katherine took a deep breath when she felt a tear roll down her cheek.

She walked away from his room hiding her face from the servants. She entered her bed chambers and held her breath as her ladies changed her into her chemise and put out the candles in her room. Once they were gone, she let out her tears and cried silently into her pillows.

It seemed Renee had died and taken her husband's heart with her.

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