December 24th 1512
Greenwich Palace, England
King Edward VI POV
I am spending time with my wife and our thirteen children. Yes, thirteen kids and more coming as I will make love to my wife later tonight.
Plus, the children I have with lovers. Oh, Isabella doesn't have to know. Just like she doesn't know that I'm a seer.
I excuse myself and when in my chambers, spell them silent and summon Felicia Swanson and Angeletta Brandon nee Swanson.
They come in, Angeletta undresses and makes love to me. After she is done, she redresses and leaves. I undress Felicia and make sweet love to her knowing I've impregnated them.
Felicia redresses and leaves to go to Jonathan Seymour to be his second (third) wife. As I know their husbands will impregnate them too.
Jonathan Seymour POV
My two wives plus the servants are at the Manor as they are pregnant and cannot travel. More like I want to take another mistress.
I see Felicia Swanson come to me in my chambers and she makes love to me so to save her reputation, I marry her in a chapel and say my wife is dead. Only the Royal Family knows the truth.
I make love to my third wife for a month straight until I know she is with child.
I send her to Wolf Hall the same place my other wives are and also the pregnant servants.
Hmm mayhap I will marry the servants to groomsmen who will still let them be my mistresses.
I will do just that.
I summon my groomsmen who travel with me.
''I will pay you to marry Castiel and Miranda if you will continue to let them pleasure me until I tire of them. And of course, I'll give them breaks so that you may have sons of your own.''
''I will marry Castiel.'' Daniel Bins one of my groomsmen told me.
''And I will marry Miranda milord.'' Samuel Williams told me.
''Perfect. As soon as we go back you shall marry them.''
Jonathan sent Castiel and Miranda Thatch a letter telling them what was to happen when they arrived back.
Queen Isabella POV
I make sweet love to my husband and conceive again as Aria taught me the spell for me to know when I conceived.
Oh, I shall have another Royal babe in the castle as we let the children decide to stay at Hatfield or stay with us. They chose us but we know this can't last as the Privy Council will tell us they will have to stay at Hatfield but may visit.
I sigh as I never want to be apart from my babes.
But they always tell us what's best from the realm.
Edward thinks the Council is right and we should have the children for a little time but they must go back to Hatfield.
Sometimes I wonder if I picked the wrong brother. I wonder if I should have married George when he proposed but I was a woman in love and didn't see how Edward could be but then I shake it off because I love Edward.
December 31st 1512
Wolf Hall
Margery Seymour POV
Oh, Jonathan's going to pay for having three wives. And impregnated two of my servants.
Oh, they were lucky that Jonathan bribed his groomsmen into marrying them. Otherwise they just would have been mistresses with a dozen children by my husband.
Ha wouldn't that be a sweet revenge.
But sadly, they were married and are now Castiel Bins and Miranda Williams.
They don't even deserve marriage after sleeping with my husband.
Castiel Bins POV
I am so happy that I am married to my true love and that he will care for my babe and love them like they're his own.
I feel bad for Miranda as she is in a loveless marriage. And she only got married as her husband was paid to marry her.
January 2nd 1513
Wolf Hall
Lady Willow Seymour nee Bishop (was adopted)
I am seven months pregnant with my husband's child just like his other wife Margery and the servants.
I can't wait to bring my child into this world and hold him. I feel it is a boy.
If I have a son and Margery a daughter, I will be favored over her as I will have given him another heir.
Oh, my love is so good to me. He makes sure I am taken care of.
I don't worry about Felicia as she is just another wife.
It is John's right to take wives and mistresses as he pleases.
January 11th 1513
Wolf Hall Birthing Chambers
Margery Seymour POV
I scream my head off as I give birth two months early.
I didn't feel ill so someone must have given me something to start the birthing process.
I push and push until I feel the babe and afterbirth leave my body.
''A girl milady.''
''It was supposed to be a son.''
Midwife POV
''Push milady push.'' I tell Lady Seymour as the babe's head is crowning
She pushes and the head slips out first, another push then the shoulder, and then the final push and the babe is born. A wee lass. The apple of her father's eye I'd wager.
I clean the babe, announce the gender, then give the babe to her mother, give the mother the healing potion and leave once the lord of the house comes in.
John Seymour POV
''Well do I have another son?''
''No, a daughter my love.''
''Well another daughter for the Seymour family.'' I said in an icy tone.
''I can still produce sons my love. Give me one more chance to prove it.''
''Very well. I shall come after the healing potion kicks in. Enjoy your rest.''
''You shall be named Arabella.'' I heard my wife say just before I left the room.
Two hours later
I went to Margery and lain with her five times just to make sure she gives me a son.
After that I went to my second wife Willow who looked radiant as her pregnancy suited her well.
My parents would have loved her.
Felicia while pretty was also annoying and asked for things that were useless.
But Willow assures me she will teach Felicia how to be loyal and demure.
