Time Period: A Flashback

Scenario: Before Gabe's birth, Mary experiences food poisoning

Mary's p.o.v

Food poisoning hits me during what was supposed to be a lovely meal with Francis and his family.

My hand falls to my belly where a growing fetus resides. Fetal distress takes a huge toll on me.

I feel blood and pressure down below. I try to hold back my vomit and keep my composure. "Mary,

you look unwell. What is the matter?" concerned, Francis asks squeezing my hand. "I have been

poisoned" coughing, I reveal. Francis and Bash go into fullblown panic and protective mode.

Catherine, Charles, and Claude are hesitant to help. While I rest and recover in my bedroom,

the suspect who is a chef is captured and executed. I assume he wanted kill my baby in

which he almost did.


Time Period: A Flashback

Scenario: Mary's near death experience, Gabe's premature birth

Mary's p.o.v

"My body is tensed. If the baby has been born then why I am still experiencing contractions?" I

mention to the attending doctor. "You must deliver the placenta. You will bleed to death if it

stays inside you" he forewarns me. I fail to push the placenta out. The doctor shakes his

head in concern. My son was born prematurely and now here I am fighting to stay alive once

again. I'm not afraid to die, but I choose life. Gently, Francis presses down on my stomach.

The placenta comes out and I stop screaming at last.


Time Period: The Present Reality

Scenario: After Francis' death, James is crowned the new King. Mary helps a depressed and

suicidal Gabriel.

Mary's p.o.v

Francis' death and James' coronation drove Gabe over the edge. He didn't have any claim to the

throne because he was a bastard. I received a bad vibe from him during James's coronation.

He gave me this "I am going to kill myself" kind of look. I was in denial about his condition until

Anna, Lola, John, and Bash reopened my eyes. I followed Gabriel to his favorite hiding place

in which was located in the woods. I caught Gabe in the act of pulling the trigger. I grabbed the

gun from him. Tears and hugs replaced the thoughts that he couldn't put into words.