Throne Room, Chateau Blois, France

October 31st 1518

King Louis XIII POV

I get a letter from one of my subjects in England telling me of Queen Nadine's death from childbirth.

I hold a Halloween ball in honor of Queen Nadine and I mourn her passing as she was dear to me for helping get rid of Francois.

I send letters to Russia, Ireland, Germany, Spain, everyone that should be aware of the tragic passing of the Queen.

It's going to be hard on my future bride as I know she loved her mother.

I send her and her siblings my condolences with a locket of a portrait of her mother in it and an empty slot for a future portrait of her.

I hope that she knows I speak the truth and that she will thank me for sending a portrait of her mother to her.

Oh, but I am getting ahead of myself and thinking of what could be. I hope that when we marry, I know to court her until her twelfth birthday as that is when we shall become husband and wife.

Only eight more years and then, I shall be one happy and lucky man with my beautiful Queen, Artemis.

Naples Manor

November 13th 1518

Isabella Naples nee Garcia POV

I (black hair, almond shaped light blue eyes, heart shaped face, full lips, pale complexion, and a button nose) look at my one-year-old son, Hadrian as he is his father's mirror image.

Raphael (red hair, slanted emerald green eyes, roman nose, tan complexion, and thin lips) is the love of my life and the father of my children as I have found out that I am with child once more.

And I am proud of him as he has earned the title Duke of Strasbourg and our son shall inherit the title when he's old enough.

Samuel remarried from pressure after Rachel died giving birth to little Louis and little Margaret.

He married Vivienne Black and she quickly fell pregnant with little Nadine Naples and little Henry Naples.

She has yet to get pregnant again as Samuel believes he has enough children and shall not sleep with Vivienne until she can no longer carry a babe.

But I get Samuel drunk and he sleeps with his wife, Vivienne.

I know how Samuel loved Aria but he needs to make sure he has all the heirs that they can have for fear of the children dying if he doesn't have more heirs now.

We need to be realistic as we both need to carry our husband's heirs, even if they're spare heirs.

I only want my brother-in-law to know that his family name shall carry on for centuries.

Brereton Manor

December 25th 1518

William Brereton POV

I have divorced my first wife Nerissa and remarried Diana and she carries my heir as I cannot be sure if any of the children I have with Nerissa are truly mine.

And Diana's first son with me shall not be recognized as they only seen her as a mistress and my children with her as illegitimate.

And so, any son she gives me now shall be the heir to my Dukedom as the ones with Nerissa were declared illegitimate.

I hope that Diana carries a son as I need an heir and I fear that I shall not have one if she has a daughter.

Please oh please let me have an heir and someone to carry on my name as the others I had have been given the last name of Bête or Kingsley.

I should have known that Nerissa had been having an affair as the excuses were weak and Diana was always going to tell me something but Nerissa came in and said that she needed something.

Diana would come in the room with bruises or whip marks that I found out that Nerissa spelled me to stop me from noticing them.

Isabella was investigated for ever being a witch but she was found innocent of any witchcraft. That was Nerissa alone and only Nerissa who shall burn for being a witch.

I have talked to Rosalita Brandon nee Bête and have discovered that Rosalita had no idea that her cousin turned to witchcraft as she allowed Nerissa to watch over her children with her husband, Drake Brandon.

Little Henri, Aurora, Jane, Edward, Charles, Sebastian, and Luna. She must be feeling betrayed as she trusted her with those innocent minds and thought her cousin would never do that and now that she knows and knows Nerissa was in the same room as her children, she feels like a fool.

I tell her that I feel like a fool as well since I trusted her so much and yet, I knew nothing about her or why I even picked her as my wife.

Her personality usually runs me off while Diana's usually draws me in. Did Nerissa perhaps spell me into marrying her?