Queen's Chambers, Greenwich Palace, England
March 22nd 1518
Queen Nadine POV
Dear George,
If you find this letter then I have died during childbirth and you have moved on. I hope you don't blame the children and that you are happy as I will always want you to be happy my love. Promise me one thing. Be there for our children.
Love,
Nadine Black, Queen of England, Ireland, and Wales.
As soon as the ink dries, I roll it up and put it where George shall find it. I know I shall not survive this birth.
I pray that God and the angels shall watch over them for all of their lives.
I then get a vision of what shall happen should I not do the soul switching spell as I never thought of using it.
Ariana would kill my children and place hers with George's on the throne and then she would kill my love, my King.
I will wait until the eighth month to switch souls and carry on to protect my babies.
I would do almost anything to protect my children.
And, luckily for me, there is a lot of evidence of what she was planning should her parents find out.
Lord, I am sorry for my sins and what I am going to do. I cannot let Ariana murder my precious gems.
I don't want to bloody my hands as it's a sin to kill, but if I don't then my babies will die.
But then, I see another way and pray to God that Ariana will never find out I spelled her.
I conjure all of the evidence and burn it while I spell Ariana to love my children, my gems and for her to be a good and kind Queen of England lest that she will have nightmares of her victims deaths.
Sierra has given birth to four sons and another daughter. They are named George, Michael, Samuel, David, and Faith. Although she was rendered barren from the birth.
King's Study. Greenwich Palace
April 20th 1518
King George I POV
Lord, I pray to you today as I feel that my wife will die. Please don't take her Lord, please.
I want my kids to remember their mother, the kind, beautiful and good soul that she is.
George and the others deserve to have their mother with them, not in a grave they can talk to, not knowing if she's even listening.
I see her cousin, Ariana and ask her if she can do anything but she cannot. Even though I wish she could save my wife, it's a life for a life spell and it takes the life closest to the one given.
'Why? Why did she listen to him?' I think and then realize that she wanted for me to have a secure hold on the throne as Portugal had killed the children so why not anyone else?
Oh, my Isabella, my Nadine. How you sacrifice yourself for the throne.
I should be sacrificing myself instead of you my beautiful rose. You mean more to me than the throne does.
My friend, Raoul Potter tried everything but my Queen is still going to die and there's nothing I can do about it.
Only to pray to you, God. Please let my wife live.
Dear Husband,
If you are reading this, I am dying and I want you to move on and take another wife and Queen. I ask that you choose a day with my choice to see if she would make a wonderful Queen. My choice is my cousin, Ariana Black. Please at least spend a day with her to see if she is worthy. For me please try.
Your wife and Queen,
Nadine Plantagenet nee Black.
I cry as I realize that she has given up, knowing that she will die. Why not switch souls and continue to be with me?
But I know why sadly. She doesn't want more blood on her hands and she wants God's forgiveness not His anger and disappointment.
History will know Isabella and Nadine as two great Queens who tragically lost their lives during childbirth and loved their King.
How I love thee my wife, my Queen, my heart.
Queen's Chambers/Birthing Chambers, Greenwich Palace
July 10th 1518
Queen Nadine Plantagenet POV
I am getting ready for Heir Boleyn's wedding as he held it back to make sure that I could attend as everyone has heard that my health is failing and I may not make it.
I go to the wedding and see the couple kiss. I must have missed it but they do not blame me as I fell asleep for a good while.
Verona looks so radiant. She is a true Spanish rose and one I hope that Heir Boleyn always treasures.
I see them going to their honeymoon rooms and soon after, feel that a life has been created.
Since I am close to death, I can sense a new life for now. Oh, how I wish for my children to remember me when I am gone.
I am almost to my due date but may deliver sooner. Lord, please let my children live.
Verona Boleyn's Chambers
July 31st 1518
Heiress Verona Boleyn POV
Queen Nadine has come to visit as she says she sees the Boleyn's and Bête's as family and asks that we let her children remember her.
But then, her water breaks and before we can move her to the Queen's chambers, she has a contraction and so, we get the midwife here and now.
Queen Nadine births three sons and four daughters. But then, the Queen starts to bleed out and the doctor evicts me from my rooms as he's trying to save the Queen.
An hour passes and the doctor comes out as the bells are ringing and announces that the Queen has passed after naming her children. Prince Caspian, Duke of Bath, Princess Serenity, Duchess of Bournemouth, Prince Alfonso, Duke of Salisbury, Princess Miruna, Duchess of Chester, Prince Matthew, Duke of Whitby, Princess Miriam, Duchess of Leeds, and Princess Felicity, Duchess of Keswick.
The King goes into the room and tries to get the Queen to respond, as if she's just sleeping but then it turns into mournful sobs.
The Queen is laid to rest by Queen Isabella. I hear the council wants the King to marry again but he just lost his wife. Let him grieve first I want to say.
Portugal, Spain, France and England mourn the Queen's death.
King's Chambers, Greenwich Palace
January 31st 1519
King George I POV
As it's been the required six months, the council wishes for me to marry again but I have enough heirs so I do not need to marry.
But I have fallen for Ariana Black and so I spell her womb so that she shall not conceive unless necessary and I marry her and she becomes Queen Ariana Plantagenet.
We consummate our marriage and I know no children will benefit from it.
With betrothals for the youngest, I betroth Caspian to King Charles' newborn daughter, Princess Rosetta.
Princess Serenity, I betroth to Lord Hans Preiss
Prince Alfonso I betroth to Princess Annette of Scotland, only child of Prince John, uncle to King James V.
Princess Miruna, I betroth to Prince James, the other uncle to King James V.
Prince Matthew, I betroth to Odette, Charles Brandon's newborn daughter.
Princess Miriam, I betroth to Prince Felix of Germany after it was decided Mary Howard would marry someone else when she's of age.
And dear Princess Felicity, I betroth to William Seymour.
February 7th 1519
Erica Bête POV
I am called to the King's chambers as I look like Isabella and he says he wants to talk but I know better.
George kisses me and soon, we are making love and I conceive a child.
I am married off to Norfolk and the baby will be thought as his but it won't be as it is the King's.