Chapter Thirteen: Another Lost

Caroline's entire feet ached and the strings of her corset, felt like they sucking her last breath that she could actually breath. Although her wedding dress was beautiful and no doubt a piece of art it was unbearably uncomfortable especially since she was a few months pregnant and her breasts and tummy seem to be swollen with child.

It was around three in the morning Caroline guessed and her feet ached from dancing. She must have dance a dozen dances with her new king and husband. Klaus was a graceful dancer and he seemed to be as light as a feather as he glided her across the dance floor.

Now the wedding was over and the priest was standing in front of the bed, blessing the wedding bed so that they would have many future children that would become the Kings of France and England. Caroline couldn't help, but smirk slightly as she touched her belly where her baby was currently nestled.

She prayed to god that it was a boy, she needed a boy in order to fulfill her duty as queen and to save her kingdom. She hoped that it was a baby boy and that they would have many princes in order to keep the throne.

The priest gave one last blessing on the marriage bed before he kissed the cross and whispered good evening to the king and queen. Finally, after all the servants had left they were alone. Caroline was feeling slightly nervous and she was dressed in only a sheer white robe that barely hid her swelling breasts.

She clasped her hands together. "So we're married, husband."

"Of course we are wife," Klaus said with a smirk as he pushed back a piece of blond hair from her small, heart shaped face. He kissed her softly, his kisses then becoming slightly more aggressive as he become more passionate while he kissed her. His hands ran across her slender back as Caroline started kissing his neck.

Caroline could hardly believe how the turn of events had turned out, a few weeks ago she could barely stand this man and now here she was married to him, carrying his child, and eager to be his wife in his bed.

"Will it hurt the baby?" Klaus asked pulling back slightly, his cheeks were flushed bright pink and it was clear that he didn't want to stop. Baby or no baby.

Caroline shook her head as she started tearing the robe off Klaus' slim shoulders. "It's too early in the pregnancy, Klaus, please- "

"Maybe if you beg me too," Klaus said with a wolfish grin as he carried Caroline bridal style and deposited her into the bed, still kissing her.

The pain started by mid dawn, at first it had been little pains that Caroline had been used too and at first she had thought it might just be heartburn from everything that she had ate at the party or from her aching pain. But the pain had worsened and her constant squirming had finally risen Klaus from his side of the bed.

Now it was almost seven and Caroline had to bite her lower lip to keep from screaming and awaken the entire palace. The pains were awful and they seem to surround her entire body, it felt as if someone was sticking knives into her body and then pulling them out slowly before entire them again.

Klaus meanwhile, looked ashen face as he sat across from her and stroke her hand. Caroline was pale and her entire body was shaking. She was having trouble breathing and there was some blood on the white sheets.

"Caroline, love," Klaus said anxiously. "Let me call a doctor, you need to be examine Caroline, this is not the time for you to be stubborn, love."

"No," Caroline managed to choke out as she felt a sharp pain in her pelvis. "I do not need to see a doctor. No one can know I'm pregnant, Nik. The whole court will find out and I will be ruined." Caroline let out a moan as the pain became worse, Klaus saw that his new wife was losing too much blood for his liking.

"Let the entire court talk, I will not lose my wife on our first day as husband and wife." Before Caroline could protest Klaus left the room in search for a doctor. It was still early in the day, so he guessed that no one was up for mass.

"Camille," Klaus gave a curt nod to the blond woman who was already nicely dressed even though it was still dawn. "You are up early."

"You as well, my king." Cami said. "I would have thought that you and the queen would like a little bit more rest."

"The queen and I do not concern you," Klaus said sharply. He wasn't sure how much Cami knew, but nevertheless Klaus didn't want to give her anymore information that he had too. But although Camille had at one point been known at the Sweetheart Queen, from what Klaus had seen she could manipulate whatever she wanted to her own will.

Klaus gave Cami a curt nod, before he went towards the East Hall where he would surely find a doctor that would attend to his queen.

"How is Queen Caroline's pregnancy," Cami's voice interrupted his hurried thoughts. "She must be entering her second trimester by now. Does she know that if anyone were to find out that she's pregnant she could be committed for adultery? Maybe even executed. How will you explain to the world that Caroline gave birth to hopefully a healthy baby is less months than she has been married."

"The baby is mine." Klaus said sharply. "That child is my flesh and blood and the queen should not be punished for that."

Cami cocked her head. "And how can you prove that the queen is carrying your child? Word might spread and who knows you might be a widow by next summer. Now don't pout at me, Klaus for your wife's mistakes. Now hurry along, I must get to breakfast."

"You lost a significant amount of blood your highness, you should have send for me sooner," Dr. Blake murmured as one of his nurses started piling the bloody bedcloths giving Caroline a disapproving look or two as they passed by. "But even then I doubt that I could have saved the baby. It was too late."

Caroline felt Klaus squeeze her shoulders, but they were no comfort to her and it took all her willpower not to burst into tears at the announcement. Her baby. Their baby was gone. "No, it can't be. . .it can't! Nik, tell me that he's lying."

Klaus pressed his lips against her temple. "I'm so sorry, love."

"I will give her some calming powders," Dr. Blake told Klaus. "She should rest for a few days and I would wait a week or two before she tries to conceive again."

Klaus nodded as he held Caroline, he could feel her tremble under his embrace and he wanted nothing, but to ease her suffering. "I do not suppose that you know if we had a boy or girl- "

"No," Dr. Blake nodded. "It was too soon, but there is something that you and the queen must know. The loss of the pregnancy wasn't by nature. It was the act of another human being, the queen was poisoned. That is what cause her to lose the child."

-End of Chapter Thirteen-

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