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Chapter 8
"Pardon me, majesties, the messenger said it was urgent" the page bowed.
"What is it?" Ned asked.
"There has been a scuffle at the border. The ambassador of Elevyn demands our presence".
"He won't settle for George or another member of the council?" Ned asked.
"Apparently not. He says that if we do not personally deal with the situation, the border towns will not survive the night" John did not want to leave, but he knew they must. Marguerite and Veronica were growing larger as their due dates rapidly approached and with some of the court still publicly voicing their concern about their upcoming marriages, their safety was very much a concern.
"If we must, we must" Ned conceded.
"It'll only be for three days, the absolute latest. I'll be back before you know it" he kissed her gently as they prepared for their journey to the border.
"Be careful".
"I will" she watched him prepare to ride off.
"It's a boy" she called out.
"What? How do you know?" his eyes grew wide as ran back to her.
"I just know".
"Sire, please".
A few feet away, Ned and Veronica struggled to say their goodbyes.
"Must you go?".
"It's only for a few days".
"But the rumors" somehow, word of Veronica's origin and powers had spread.
"People talk, they always have and always will. George and Arthur are always near by. You are to be my wife; no one can hurt you" kissing her gently, he got on his horse and rode off".
Marguerite and Veronica watched as the men rode off, after all it was only three days.
"Only three days" each murmured out loud.
Then they both laughed, they were grown women who had lived without these men for their entire life and all of a sudden, spending three days without John and Ned would feel like an eternity.
"Pardon my lady, the dressmaker has arrived" one of the maids interrupted their silence.
"Thank you" turning around, Marguerite and Veronica returned to the castle.
"Are you sure this will look real?" the voice asked.
"I assure it, it is enough" Rice was not sure who this person was, but this person fit perfectly into the plan.
End of chapter 8, sorry it's so short, but I needed to move story along. So I kindly, ask for a review of this current chapter so I may begin the next chapter.
