A/N Hey guys, sorry that last chapter was short. This one is a bit bigger. So about your reviews I will say that Team Queens will have a secret to keep in future but Lady Lola will turn out to be better in looking for herself than you imagined.

Chapter 13

When Mary left the room, Francis was so angry that he didn't know what to do. Two minutes later he was knocking on lady Lola's chambers door. Her lady-in-waiting opened the door and bowed when she was the King. He didn't even noticed the poor girl.

"Who is it, Jane?", Francis heard a voice coming from the another room. He entered this room and saw Lola reading. She was lying on the bed. "Oh, it is you, Francis", she smiled.

"What have you told Mary?", he screamed.

"Nothing. What should I have told her?", Lola asked looking confused. In reality her heart was beating faster as usually.

"You are lying again! I know you had a conversation with her! So you better tell me the truth because you are in too much trouble already!", Francis kept his higher tone. "Mary also heard you are my official mistress. You have spread the rumour, have you not?"

"Of course not! But people talk. There are French men who know the truth. She would have understood in one way or another so..."

"You haven't answered my question!", Francis screamed. "What have you told Mary?!"

"I told her not to ruin our child's life.", simply answered Lola.

"Mon Dieu!", said Francis. He couldn't believe what he has just heard! Is this woman insane? "I am the King of Scotland and this is my child. I won't let anyone harm Christina! Not Mary, not anyone else! But you, my lady, you have to know your place!"

"We are connected, Francis! We are connected in a way that you and Mary are not..."

"Mary is my other half and you are just the mother of my child. I can't live without Mary but I can live without you. This is it. And I am sorry if you expected something more.", for few minutes they didn't say anything. "What more have you told her?"

"Nothing!"

"Something about enemies?", Francis remembered Mary's words.

"I told her that she should keep her friends close but her enemies even closer.", answered Lola looking like she is not giving a damn.

"This answers why you are my mistress", said Francis and left the room. He sighed. Why should everything be so hard? Why can't he be just happy with Mary? No, he has to deal with a crazy woman and stupid advisers. So much hate! Francis felt that he missed France! It was a long time since he was in Scotland and now he realised that he misses his homeland. He sighed once more entering his chambers. Francis sat on a chair and covered his pretty face with both his hands.

Three days later:

Queen Catherine de Medici was crossing her chambers nervously. The meeting was tomorrow and she still wasn't sure if her plan will work. Suddenly the door opened and Nostradamus walked in.

"Where have you been?! Now tell what you found and hope it is useful!" Catherine hissed in her anger.

"I didn't find anything." he said trying not to show his fear from the Queen. "There is nothing we can use. No letters to enemies. No secret meeting. Not even rumors. These people are really afraid of him." Catherine walked to him and slapped him.

"You useless fool! Why do I have always to do everything! At least I considered the possibility that we won't be able to do it alone!" Catherine started crossing her room again.

"You asked for help? Ain't you too proud for this?" Nostradamus asked unbelievingly.

"I didn't ask for help. I made a deal. A deal good for everyone. I just chose a friend to do it with." Catherine smirked before adding "Let's hope she is better than you."

"She? Who have you contacted, Catherine?" Nostradamus asked concerned knowing how dangerous Catherine's friends could be. The Queen only smirked.

"Me." was the answer which came from the door. Marie de Guise was back and ready to play.

…...

Queen Mary of Scots was preparing for the fest tonight in her chambers. She couldn't remember why she agreed to this. Now wasn't the time. After Lady Lola's arrival it seemed that all her problems seemed to become more than ever. Not only that she was always over her shoulder in fear and hadn't talked to her husband in days but England also had heard of her personal problems and Scotland's borders were constantly attacked. She signed and stand up. She had to go in to that hall and live through this ball despite the pain of watching her husband and his mistress. While walking down the corridor she started to think about her strategy. She believed that Francis will be with Lola for most of the night and thought what will be the best reaction to that. Should she ignore them and show her disapproval or pretend to do not care? She didn't have to analyze the pros and cons of every option until she reached the massive doors of the throne room.

When the guards opened them for her, she wasn't able to hide her surprise. Yes, Francis and Lola were there but on the opposite sides of the room. And while Lola was frequently throwing glances in his direction, Francis was totally ignoring her. When he noticed Mary, he gave her his best smile before turning his attention back to his conversation with Bash.

Mary didn't have any contact with him until few hours later when he asked the hall for attention and made his way towards her. He stopped a few steps from her and starting talking.

"I am sorry to interrupt your fest and forcing you to hear words that have no meaning to you but they do to me. So I will ask for your silence and attention not as a king but as a husband." now Francis' gaze was on her "On this day two years ago my life changed. Since this day my life started having a meaning. On this day my wife made me the happiest man on the earth agreeing to marry me." At this Mary became wordless. "But three days ago, I realize I never said thank you to her for that." a servant came with a box in his hands. "So today, two years after that meaningful day, I am giving this to her as a symbol of our eternal love." he opened the box so the hall was able to see the beautiful necklace with twelve diamonds.

When Mary turned her back and lifted her hair so he was able to put it around her neck, she couldn't know that this necklace will stay in the dynasty for so long that their heirs will forget where it started from. She couldn't know that years later another French King will give it to his wife as a wedding gift as promise of his love. She couldn't know that it will travel all the way to England as a prove of the undying, even if it is impossible, love to an English Duke. She couldn't know they will be stolen by a woman, a woman so cunning that will be competition for Catherine de Medici herself. A woman, whose real name no one learned, who won't have an equal for the next two centuries. A woman who will die exactly because of that necklace, symbolizing love. And when it is back in the hands of the French dynasty, the woman who would have become famous as Milady, will be killed of the hands of her own husband. Such an irony for everything the necklace symbolized.

But the Future Queen of France couldn't have a way to know all this. And even if she could, she wouldn't try. Because now she realized how stupid she was. Her husband loved her. He loved her so much to remember a single day in which he had officially proposed to her, despite that they would have been married any way. The fact that it meant so much for him warmed her heart. So when the diamond necklace was finally around her neck, she turned and kissed him showing all the love that was in her heart.

…...

Lady Lola came in Lord Stevenson's chambers being unnoticed by anyone. She took the mask off of her face. The man smiled when he saw his guest.

"I am very happy you came, Lady Lola", the Lord said giving her a glass full of wine. She took it and drank.

"So I am. But tell me why you wanted this meeting."

"You simply catch my eye as you have written in your letter", Stevenson answered knowing that she will accept his answer. She was one of these women who pretend to have high standards but are actually pleased with lies. Lady Lola blushed. "But you are right, my lady. There is something more I want to talk to you about."

"Yes, milord?", Lola sat on a chair noticing how he looks at her.

"We two can have a bond. A stronger one than their Majesties'!", Stevenson said passionate not moving his eyes off of her body. She looked so damn well!

"I need to know more. I don't to lose my head. I have a child to take care of!", Lola didn't like where this conversation was going. She wanted some fun. To make Francis jealous. To make him realize that she is not dying for his touch. As she actually was.

"The other advisors and I..."

"Milord, please!", she raised her hand. Lola got up and walked to him. She put her hand on his cheek and kissed him. "Let's not talk about business! It can wait but I can not.", lord Stevenson laughed and grabbed her waist kissing her passionately. He started taking off her clothes and lied her to the big bed.

A/N So for those of you who don't know, the part with necklace was from the book "The Three Musketeers" by Alexander Dumas. Of course I am a woman and I can't be him so I don't owe it. But it is my second favorite after "Pride and Prejudice" and I couldn't help myself but writing this part. If you don't like it, say in the review and I won't do it again.