November 11th 1517

Primrose's Rooms/Birthing Chambers, Girona Manor, Spain

Lady Primrose Garcia nee Black POV

Being heavily pregnant and with multiples at that is taxing on my health.

Esteban worries that I may die of childbed fever but I have tried to assure him that I am strong enough to survive giving birth.

As I am finishing creating the last christening gown, my water breaks and one of my ladies' runs and gets the midwife and comes back with her.

When the midwife comes in, the first babe has crowned and is going to be born soon.

''Push my Grace push.'' she tells me.

I push and push until all eight babes are born, four boys and four girls.

Esteban comes in and looks at his children and smiles as he has sons and he need not worry about heirs anymore.

''Our sons shall be named Adrian (golden blonde hair, almond shaped sapphire blue eyes, roman nose, tan complexion, heart shaped face, and thin lips), Baltasar (red hair, slanted grey eyes, pale complexion, button nose, oval shaped face, and plump lips), Caspian (ash blonde hair, pale complexion, almond shaped sky-blue eyes, heart shaped face, roman nose, and thin lips), and Eleazar (black hair, slanted green eyes, tan complexion, button nose, heart shaped face, and plump lips).'' Esteban declares.

''And our daughters shall be named Angelina (golden blonde hair, almond shaped sapphire blue eyes, button nose, tan complexion, plump lips, and heart shaped face), Araceli (red hair, slanted green eyes, pale complexion, thin lips, oval shaped face, and a Grecian nose), Emelda (ash blonde hair, almond shaped grey eyes, button nose, plump lips, heart shaped face, and pale complexion), and Felicia (black hair, slanted sky-blue eyes, Grecian nose, thin lips, tan complexion, and oval shaped face).'' I declare.

''I shall leave you to rest my love.'' Esteban says before leaving the room.

November 13th 1517

Esteban's Study, Girona Manor

Esteban Garcia POV

I am betrothing my children to worthy matches as they can only have the best.

I betroth Adrian to the unborn daughter of John of Cleves as his wife is due next week.

I betroth Baltasar to the newborn Ursula de Vere (don't know her actual birth date).

I betroth Caspian to the newborn Jane Grey (making her older), daughter of Henry and Catherine Grey.

I betroth Eleazar to the newborn Jane Neville (making her older).

I accept the betrothal for Angelina to marry Prince Maximilian when they are old enough.

I betroth Araceli to Henry FitzAlan who is five years her senior.

I betroth Emelda to Phillip Seymour.

And I betroth Felicia to Michael Seymour.

November 27th 1517

Queen's Chambers, Alhambra Palace

Queen Karina POV

I am nursing my four three-month-old sons one by one and after I am done, Charles comes to me and makes love to me (impregnating her).

I kiss Charles as he has to go attend to affairs of the Court and settle disputes.

I sigh and hope the next pregnancy produces daughters as I want my own daughters.

I get a letter from my brother, Aliásar who went to England to find a bride as he is eighteen yet never married.

Dear Karina,

I have found my true love and we have married and her children are going to be my children as well from now on. Her first husband died in the war and left her widowed. Sister, please be happy for us as she is my true love and always will be. I will also stay in England until her eldest son is fourteen.

Your brother,

Lord Aliásar, Duke of Palma

At least he is married and happy as I ask the messenger who the lovely bride is.

''Lady Violet Lopez nee Fiore my Queen.'' he tells me.

With the viper's name who stole my brother from me, I try to ruin her reputation only to find out she told my brother everything of her past and he protects her when he should be fleeing from her and come home and marry a respectable woman instead.

I also learn that England, Spain, my Kingdom, and France favor her and there is nothing I can do as it will tear Spain apart if I continue to vilify her.

Half of Spain would follow me as they believe the rumors and the other half would be against me as they love Violet as she is a Spanish golden-haired beauty and part of an influential family who is close to the King.

So, if I want to keep my throne, I will keep my hatred of her quiet and endure her relationship with my brother.

Hopefully, my brother will divorce Violet and come back to Spain where he will marry another woman who hasn't been a mistress to a King and then married to another and sent away.

I tell Charles my concerns and he tells me Violet never wanted to be a mistress or to be in the French Court as a mistress and that his aunt Catarina has proof where Violet begged to be sent from Court.

King Charles V POV

I know Karina means well but Violet never wanted to be Louis' mistress as she wanted to marry for love.

Her father on the other hand wanted the prestige of being the grandfather of a prince even if the prince was a bastard.

I tried to protect her but I failed in that and I will always remember the day I failed.

Flashback starts

December 20th 1511

Charles V POV

''Don't worry Violet. Your father cannot make you do anything as you are under my protection.'' I say.

We drink some tea that we do not know is dosed with a sleeping agent and after fifteen minutes, we are passed out and Violet is taken to France and I am taken to my bedroom.

A month later, I learn that Violet's innocence was taken by King Louis XII but thanks to the kindness of my aunt Queen Catalina, she was married and sent to England for her freedom.

My aunt succeeded where I failed as she kept Violet safe after she was sent to France as a way to get back in the good graces of King Louis XII.

Flashback ends

I regret not having someone test the tea before we drank it as Violet would have married someone she loved and her husband would have taken her innocence, not some King.