Queen Elizabeth I: Your beauty, your bravery, now I see there's no cause for envy. Your gifts will be your downfall.

Mary Stuart: If you murder me, remember you murder your sister, and you murder your queen.

-Mary, Queen of Scots movie 2018

I don't Vikings and Reign.

Chapter 2

Sigurd sat at the table eating breakfast with Francis and the royal family. His wife, Sarai eating her meal and he felt déjà vu it reminded his breakfast mornings with his family. His mother name Aslaug whom he hated because of her affair with Harbard, it made him sick to his stomach, but he was neglected from her because she has to take care of Ivar. Ubbe, Hvitserk are his closet brothers, but Ivar he hated more than anyone. Sarai was his light and still his light of his world.

When he found her again, he felt that God gave him a second chance to finally tell her he loved her and he will always love her until the day he dies.

Sigurd is waiting for the letter of his armies to take Egypt by order of the Pope. Oddly, his holiness asked of him to step down the rebels who are killing his priests and churches. Sigurd asked that his holiness to accept him as the Sultan ruler of Turkey, Persia, Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland.

Now back at hand, Sigurd is talking happily with Francis about their so-called adventures that got them to trouble in the court multiples times.

Sarai is talking to Catherine de' Medici.

"I see," Sarai repeated her English.

"Yes, I can't imagine a country so hot in the desert." Catherine fan herself with the fan. Just imagining it! That would make it unbearable.

Sarai gave her assured smiled, "If our savior Jesus Christ managed to fasten himself in the desert, perhaps you can make it as well. After all, a De' Medici are too stubborn to die."

Both Sarai and Catherine laugh at the notion.

Sarai is enjoying the queen mother of Francis. She reminds her of two mothers that birth her. One from her previous life is her first mother, Helen of Greece and the other mother name, Esmeralda of France.

Both strong woman and biggest hearts, Helen was quite keen of sharping her mind and keep her meek appearance to pretend that she is that type of girl before striking her enemies down. Esmeralda of France is gypsy; she is not like any woman that is easily trembling upon.

"By the way," Catherine voice broken Sarai out of trance and she looked to the mother queen.

"I heard that you are brining your children here."

"Yes, we left them with my father-in-law. We figured that he has been lonely since my mother-in-law passed away two years ago. Blessed her soul." She made her sign of Christ as well Catherine did as well.

"What are their names if you don't mind me asking?" She quickly assured her.

"Not at all, my eldest daughter is name, Aslaug. She is quite adventurous, but very spoiled by her father. I swear to you, it's like she already knew how to wrap my husband around her finger." Both of the queens giggle. If there one thing about Sigurd, he will try to denied it, but Aslaug will keep doing it to him. Sigurd gave an embarrassed looked and tried to look at his food in a curious motion while Francis simply laughs. "I have already given birth to my son whom I already missed is called David. He should already be one year old since we did quickly send my children to live with his grandfather."

Sarai missed her children and Sigurd already protective of them. Sarai was surprised that he wanted to name their daughter, Aslaug. She supposed her husband did love his mother in his own way. And David looked like his father with skin white as milk and hair like hers. And Aslaug looked like a mini copy of herself except her deep blue eyes are from Sigurd, but darker.

"Oh they sounded delightful!" Catherine responded and gave a sighs of her memories. Despite her coldness of her marriage she is greatly pleased that her children are born because they were the only reason for her to keep fighting to protect them.

"Her royal highness, Queen Mary of Scots!" The page announced as Mary took in a graceful stride into the table.

Sarai admits that she finds Queen Mary very beautiful, but that might be a problem. Young queens like that can be taken advantage by men and they will try to force themselves to marry them.

She heard from her servants and eunuchs that Mary is very proud, stubborn and short-sighted. To her, she doesn't look like the proper Scottish noble girl. She met her half-brother and she must say that if she wasn't married to Sigurd, she would marry James regent of Scotland.

But she knew that in her heart that Sigurd will always be the one to have her heart.

"Greetings, Queen Mary," Sarai humbly nod her head to her. "I am pleased that you grace yourself before us."

Mary Queen of Scots POV

"Greetings, Queen Mary," Sarai humbly nod her head to me. "I am pleased that you grace yourself before us."

'How dare she believe that I am beneath her? I am the Queen of France and Scotland!' I am furriest by that notion, but Francis told me that they need to keep their graces and ally by our side.

"Yes," I smiled charm and grace. "I too am pleased that I have met your expectations."

She smiled slightly, but I can tell by her eyes that she is looking through me.

"We shall see."

And just like that, she preferred to returned to her meal and eat.

After the breakfast has ended, I paced myself to enter my chambers and I knew what she meant by that! Sarai is not considering me a real queen! Worst, she probably allied with herself to my cousin, Elizabeth!

Everything is coming down. My heart is rating and racing fast that I cannot breathe! No, I am Mary, Queen of France and Scots. I must calm my mind and not let fear rule me.

I sat down my chair and think things over. I need to make sure that her influence and threat are hopeless against me.

Maybe I could persuade Sigurd to ally himself to us! Francis and Sigurd are like brothers. Once, I planned her downfall than I can get Sigurd to marry one of my ladies in waiting or better yet Francis sisters.

If there is one thing I know about this court life. You must always expect the worst from others.

I must make sure this will not come to destroy me and my right!

Okay, I did this chapter. Next chapter Sigurd and Sarai's children came to court and Mary is making the biggest mistake of her life.