January 17th 1517
Greenwich Palace, England
Queen Nadine POV
As the assassins and my enemies have been taken care of, my family has been called back.
Theodore and Sierra have come home and I need not worry but mother is in a fragile state and cannot come home until mayhap two months after I give birth.
I know mother comes first but I had hoped that she would be by my side when I give birth to these babes.
I am afraid I will not make it and she usually calms me down, telling me it'll be alright and that if it is my time then God will make sure my babies are looked after.
Before I can panic, Theodore and Sierra come in and Sierra calms me down like my mother calms me down and I wonder if mother told Sierra how to calm me down so I don't miscarry.
I thank God Sierra is here otherwise I would have miscarried my babes and mayhap even George as he would have been angry at me.
I worry about losing George's love every pregnancy but even though I haven't, I still have my doubts.
I want to see my Bête family but I cannot as Isabella Bête died from childbed fever and so I can never see my brother and his wife, Anne Bête nee Boleyn or their children.
When I heard they named their first daughter after Isabella (me), I was so happy and I wrote to let them know that I was not upset of how they celebrated Queen Isabella as I had seen her as a sister and I had not wanted to marry George but my father had forced me to as he wanted the power of being father to the Queen of England.
They let me know they did not blame me and were happy that I was trying to make this a loving marriage instead of a cold one and as long as I took care of Princess Rachel, Princess Willow, and Princess Violet that they would hold no grudge towards me.
I hope with all my heart that everything will be okay in the coming months.
February 1st 1517
Bête Manor
Anne Bête nee Boleyn POV
I focus on my children as I teach the eldest all about their roles as Beaumont and Isabella are three years old today and George, Elizabeth, and Verona are to turn three in November and our youngest will be two in August.
To know that in nine years my eldest girls will be getting married makes me cherish the time I have with them.
Elizabeth will wed Prince Arthur, Duke of Pembroke, Ruby to Prince Edward, Duke of Kilkenny, and Verona to Henry Fitzroy.
Our other children are betrothed to others as well of noble blood.
George to Serenity Brandon, Beaumont to Belle Angouleme, Raphael to Diana Seymour, Richard to Cassandra Black, Joseph to Nadine Cromwell, Ezekiel to Aurora Brandon, Scarlette to Santiago Lopez, and Fiona to Claude de Lorraine.
As they will be old enough in what seems like weeks, I spend whatever time I have with them as my sister has the same problem.
With my niece, Elizabeth who is four years old betrothed to King James V of Scotland who only has eight more years and then her eldest sons, Alexander and Anthony with Anthony betrothed to Princess Mary, Duchess of Cornwall and Alexander betrothed to Princess Rachel as Anthony and Alexander are now three.
George is betrothed to Princess Joana of Portugal, James to Alice Naples, Draconis to Heather Brereton, Cecily to Edmund La Marck, Ruth to Jasper Mair, Lucien to Sarah Cromwell, Thomas to Grace Preston, Nicholas to Nadine Herbert, Edward to Astrid Williamson, Jonathan to Amalia La Marck the newborn daughter of the Duke of Cleves, William to the newborn daughter of Thomas Butler, the Earl of Ormond, Anne Butler (making her younger), Anne to the Duke of Rutland, Thomas Manners, and Nadine to the Earl of Bothwell, Patrick Hepburn.
William Bête POV
I (brown hair, almond shaped green eyes, roman nose, pale complexion, plump lips, and diamond shaped face) see my wife spending time with our children and know that she wants to have our children for longer and so do I but I need to know that they will be alright in every way.
I know we take care of them now, but they need a good marriage as I don't want them to end up poor and starving for food.
So, I betrothed them to nobles who are known to have money and are training them in the fields of work that they are good at.
Beaumont (blonde hair, slanted sky blue eyes, oval face, roman nose, pale complexion, and thin upper lip), I will have working as a mediator between England and her allies, George (brown hair, almond grey eyes, pale complexion, diamond shaped face, plump lips, and a roman nose), I will have working as a tax man, Raphael (red hair, slanted sapphire blue eyes, pale complexion, oval shaped face, thin upper lip, and a Grecian nose), will work as a soldier for England, Richard (red hair, almond shaped sky blue eyes, pale complexion, Grecian nose, plump lips, and a diamond shaped face) as the French Ambassador hopefully, Joseph (red hair, slanted green eyes, pale complexion, oval shaped face, thin upper lip, roman nose) as a soldier as well, and Ezekiel (red hair, almond grey eyes, plump lips, Grecian nose, diamond shaped face, and pale complexion) as the Spanish Ambassador.
As Isabella (blonde hair, almond sky-blue eyes, pale complexion, oval shaped face, Grecian nose, and plump lips), Elizabeth (brown hair, slanted grey eyes, diamond shaped face, small nose, pale complexion, and thin upper lip), Verona (brown hair, almond grey eyes, Grecian nose, pale complexion, plump lips, and oval shaped face), Scarlette (raven black hair, almond green eyes, pale complexion, oval face, plump lips, and small nose), Fiona (raven black hair, slanted green eyes, diamond shaped face, pale complexion, thin upper lip, and Grecian nose), and Ruby (raven black hair, slanted green eyes, pale complexion, oval face, thin upper lip, and a small nose) are to be ladies-in-waiting until their marriages.
I worry for my family as I am heading off to the war with Venice, Genoa, and the Ottoman empire and have come to say my goodbyes.
''William my love. It is so good to see you. William what's wrong?''
''We are at war with Venice, Genoa, and the empire of Ottoman and I have been called to serve England.''
''William don't leave us. Please just stay here with us.'' Anne begs.
''Go stay with your brother and father for now as Gideon has been called to serve too and Anna is on her way there as she is with child and needs to be looked after.''
She begs and pleads for me to stay but I cannot as it is my duty to serve England and her Royal Family.
We have Portugal, France, Spain, and Scotland on our side so we will win. I know it and I will come back to Anne.
I hug and kiss her and give the children little hugs and kisses as I leave in ten minutes.
I pack what I need, dress in my armour, grab my sword and leave, hoping that I will see Anne and our children again.
A/N should he survive the war? vote and see what the result will be