December 28th 1516
Greenwich Palace, England
Queen Nadine POV
Being four months along and with assassination attempts, George has been overprotective and to the point where he is getting on my last nerve.
Sadly, Sierra has been the focus of the assassination attempts as well and so we have extended the Royal Guard to my brother and sister-in-law not to mention the children.
Oh, I feel terrible that Theo, Sierra, and the kids have gotten tangled in my problems.
I never meant for them to become targets in the assassination attempts.
If I knew my enemies would try getting to me through my family, I would have made sure they were safe Clara is safe as Queen of Norway, Primrose and Bery as Duchesses'.
Hopefully I will manage to survive the childbirth and see all of my children grow up.
I want to protect them as long as I can and I will.
December 30th 1516
King's Chambers
King George I POV
I look at my wife and know what thoughts are plaguing her mind as she is worried for her family, young and old.
And so, we send Theodore and Sierra to Spain so that they may be protected there.
As Nadine's sisters and cousin are in Norway, Spain, and Germany we do not have to worry about them as they are safe.
However, we had to send Raphael and Jasmine (Nadine's parents) to Norway along with their sons.
With Jasmine three months with child as is Queen Clara of Norway we need Jasmine to be protected and Norway answered my wife's letter as she wrote to Clara and told her the situation.
Nadine is to be protected at all costs and I have made sure her guards understand that.
Hopefully, I will manage to capture her enemies and her family can come back whenever they want.
January 1st 1517
Somerset Manor
Edward Seymour POV
I hear the going ons about what is happening at court and I capture one of the Queen's enemies and send her to the King as she is escorted by the Royal Guard to the Tower for her trial and execution.
I celebrate the New Year and before I know it, I am completely drunk and take a maid as a lover then give her away to a butler in the Boleyn home telling her if she ever speaks of what we did, I will have her silenced.
I never meant to break my vow to Mary or almost to cause her pain as she will never know of this and I will go to her tomorrow and make love to her.
Why oh why did I drink so much?
Mary comes in then and I see the look of heartbreak on her face and I know she knows.
''I am sorry Mary. I never meant to break my vow I promise you that. I love you and I have taken care of it.''
''How?''
''She is in your father's household and married off and I shall never see her again. I am so sorry.''
She looks at me and apparently sees the truth in my eyes and runs to me, sobbing.
''She told me that you were going to divorce me and marry her. That I was nothing but a cradle and since I lost the ability to conceive that you no longer wanted me.''
''I will write the truth to your father as she might try and say any child she conceives with her husband is mine.''
I convey to her in my eyes of how sorry I am for ever breaking my vow and promise to her.
Dear Thomas,
I am sending you a maid as I had accidently slept with her not meaning to as she looks like your daughter and I was very drunk. I apologized to your daughter but I will spend every day of our life showing her how faithful I can be. The maid tried to tell Mary that I was ready to divorce her which is not true as I have loved Mary since childhood and I have already lost her once to Francois and I do not wish to lose her ever again. I truly am sorry and I repent for my sins. Marry the maid to a butler of yours and be careful as she may try to say that any child of hers is mine which is not true.
Your son-in-law,
Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset
I let the ink dry and send the letter with a messenger telling him to go ahead of the maid and to make sure that she does not spread lies.
January 7th 1517
Boleyn Manor
Thomas Boleyn POV
I am in my study when a messenger comes in and gives me the letter.
When I read it at first, I am angry at Seymour but then when the maid comes in, I see what he means and since Edward was drunk, I can see how he can mistake them as I have been drunk and ended up in bed with someone who looked like my two other wives when I had been married to them.
She tries to say a lie but I glare at her and she goes silent knowing that I know the truth and that I will tell the others before she can and so I have Eris marry Harold Jameson, a butler who's known for having lovers.
She becomes Eris Jameson nee Franks the wife to my butler who shall sleep with her for the wedding week (gets her pregnant) and then goes back to his love affairs.
That will teach Eris to spread lies not to mention sleep with a married man who loves his wife so much.
And I know Edward is torn up about it as I had asked the messenger how Edward looked and I got my answer as Edward was crying before he wrote the letter.
He is so far keeping his promise as I hear from Mary and Edward has decided to stay with her whenever he is drunk so that he shall not make this kind of mistake again.