February 5th 1517

Girona Manor, Spain

Antonio Garcia POV

I kiss Primrose and know that I must leave soon as is everyone helping England with the war of Venice, Genoa, and the Ottoman Empire.

''Te Amo Primrose.''

''Te Amo Antonio.''

With that, I leave my pregnant wife in the hands of my brother, Esteban's hands and I know that he will take good care of her.

I don my armour, get my sword and pack everything that I will need for the duration of this war.

I kiss my wife one last time and kiss Santiago's forehead and hope that I will be there to see him grow up and become Duke of Girona.

Primrose Garcia nee Black POV

I watch as Antonio leaves and know that I will have to use that potion to stop pregnancy as people will know the babe will be someone else's should I get pregnant while he is away.

And should he die, I shall be a widow in Spain and with no marriage prospects.

I hope Antonio comes back if only so I won't be stuck in Spain after being widowed.

I remember why I started to hate Antonio and I remember it very clearly.

Flashback starts

December 15th 1515

I am walking in our gardens when I hear moaning, thinking it is Antonio with his sister-in-law, Sofia Garcia I ignore it and keep walking only to come across Antonio making love to my twin sister, Heather Black who he sells into marriage to Lord Rodrigo Ponce de Leon, first Duke of Arcos and makes sure to give her a potion that made her miscarry his babe.

It was not only my poor innocent sister but his cousin and best friend and that slapped me in the face as I realized that he didn't love me that he loved either his best friend or cousin and I couldn't compete with that as I did not care that he had male lovers but what I did care about was after that, I had seen all those loving looks and smiles were false and so I started to despise him more than I despised him for making my twin miscarry.

Flashback ends

Therefore, I have no love for Antonio in my heart anymore.

Antonio lost my love the moment he took my twin's maidenhead and there is no way he will ever have my love ever again.

As I am thinking that his brother, Esteban comes to me and tells me that should his brother pass, he shall take me as his wife as he is a widow as Sofia died giving birth to Antonio's daughter, Camile and he will see my children as his children.

I accept his offer and tell him to get the midwife as after I accepted, my water broke and now I am in labor.

Midwife POV

''Push my Grace, push.'' I tell Lady Garcia.

She pushes and pushes until all three babes are born but they are born dead and as I tell Lady Garcia this, a maid comes in saying that Santiago has been suffocated and is with God now.

Lady Garcia breaks down and is now in a catatonic state of which only a loved one can bring her back from.

I tell her brother-in-law to do anything to get her back from her catatonic state.

I take my leave from the grieving mother not knowing what would in a month's time.

March 1st 1517

Esteban Garcia POV

I meet the messenger that comes forward and he hands me the letter with news from my brother most likely.

I go into Primrose's rooms and read the letter to her only to learn my brother has lost his life by a Venetian soldier's blade and since my nephew is dead, I will become Duke of Girona and his wife shall be my wife.

I see her break a little as she thinks I am only doing this for my brother but then I kiss her and let her feel all the passion I have for her.

We marry in the chapel and I am Duke of Girona and her love now as her lover, Carlos died two months ago in a hunting accident and then her husband has been killed in war.

Later that night

I (blonde hair, almond grey eyes, tan complexion, oval shaped face, thin lips, and a roman nose) consummate my marriage to Primrose (red hair, upturned sapphire blue eyes, pale complexion, heart shaped face with freckles, button nose, and plump lips) ten times (impregnating her) before we retire for the night.

And I dream of all the children we will have together in our blissful marriage blessed by God Himself.

I believe He wanted us to marry all along and guided us to each other in the end.

March 8th 1517

Lady of the House's Rooms

Primrose Garcia POV

We exited our honeymoon rooms a few hours ago and since then, Esteban has to catch up on paperwork as the second Duke of Girona as since his brother went into the army to help with the war and then his death, the paperwork has been building up.

The fact that he doesn't blame me for losing the children or my son dying like his brother did, helps in his favor as does the fact that he never takes any lover.

I am beginning to love Esteban as he helps my twin, Heather as she is a new mother and helps Beryl grow to love Finn as she almost took her own life.

The only reason he hasn't left to help with the war is as he tells the Royal families is, we are newly married and he does not want to make me a widow twice.

They could see that reason and accepted it as King George could be a widow twice if Queen Nadine dies giving birth to his children.

Beryl it is found out is carrying four babes from her second marriage and she has two months to go as she had conceived in September unlike I had.