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Chapter 48

Edward forced the door open to find his bride on the floor before him. "Dearest, what is wrong?"

"Phillip was here … in my rooms. Edward he has studied the forbidden arts as well and he intends to use them against me to reclaim the throne."

"He will never touch you again, I swear it." Edward looked at the crowd behind him and motioned for the women to come forward. "I will leave you with the women and Carlisle to watch over you until I'm ready. Then we will retire to my room for the night. We have much to discuss."

Isabella allowed her maids and Queen Charlotte to prepare her for the marriage bed. Thinking of Phillip's words moments before, she wanted nothing more than to have Edward erase the strange things she felt.

When she was ready, Charlotte and Carlisle walked Isabella to Edward's chambers where he welcomed her in before locking the door behind them.

I know people will be upset over this, but there is a lot of darkness in fairy tales. In the original Sleeping Beauty, the princess was raped in her sleep by a neighboring king and woke to give birth to his twins. Twins that were fed to that king by his angry wife. Phillip scared Isabella but he will never hurt her, you have my word.