King Edward had received a letter from Kat Ashley, informing him of what Thomas Seymour had done to Elizabeth.

He examined the letter, carefully on his chair and his uncle Edward was over his shoulder as he read it.

"What is it, majesty?"

Edward began to rub his finger against his lip and he took a heavy sigh and dropped the letter in front of him. On the table.

"Kat, who is Elizabeth's governess. Informs me that, uncle Thomas has formed an uncomfortable attraction to her and he raped her. She wants me to take care of the situation" he started to rub his neck, thinking of what to do.

'You could send the Lady Elizabeth to live with me. She would be safe with me."

"Even if I was to do that, what would I do about Thomas?"

"He needs to be stopped"

"Obviously. If he was any other man, I would put him to death for what he did to my sister. But he is my uncle."

"I'm telling you that Thomas is not to be trusted. He is power hungry…"

Before he could finish, Edward interrupted, by sticking his two fingers up. " before you finish that. Let me tell you this. Every man around me is power hungry."

"But"

'No, uncle. Don't tell me that you would not enjoy my crown of your own." he then pressed on to the letter with his finger.

"Send for Elizabeth and Thomas. I will see them both separately to hear their stories. I need to know if Elizabeth is pregnant or if she shares his affection. If she does share the affection, then I will send her to a nunnery but I will imprison Thomas."

"Why not Imprison, Elizabeth?"

King Edward leaned back in his chair. " come on, uncle. She is my sister. I only want her to be safe. She's just a girl. Thomas would be arrested for treason, by trying to marry my sister behind my back and Elizabeth would be just a simple girl with a crush. Or if he isn't a crush and it's forced, then she could say, her brother is a hero. But this situation must be taken carefully." he then folded his hands. " when I find a husband for the lady, then everything will be simple for her."

"Who are you thinking for her?"

" Philip of Spain. We need an alliance from Spain. I'm not interested in Scotland or France right now."

"Why not one of our people?"

"What a Howard, Seymour, or Dudley. No, no. she will marry a man of Royalty. The last thing I need for her is to marry a schemer."

"Sir, the Seymours are your family."

"Yes, I know but they are ambitious. Especially of how you, uncle Thomas, and Grandfather forced the courtship of my mother to the king. Don't tell me for one moment that she loved him. In doing so, you three also killed a wonderful woman, Anne Boleyn."

"She was a whore. Who slept with over a hundred men, including her brother."

King Edward smirked and walked over to his drawer and took out a stack of papers and placed this on his uncle's knee. " what's this?'

" the rumors about Anne, that made people think she was a whore. They are from, my sister, Mary. who claimed that Anne gave birth to a deformed fetus. She hated Anne. Chapuys, who was the ambassador of Spain also said the same thing and so did Charles, the Roman Emperor. They also called her a whore. Now her enemies continue to say awful things about her. But they are her enemies, so that is normal. Now I may have my flaws and I may not be a smart king, but I must say there is no truth to these allegations. Archbishop Cranmer only said good things about this woman and claimed she would go to heaven. He loved and adored her."

'What does this have to do with anything?"

"Next time, we speak of Anne Boleyn. Don't call her a whore" he shouted, banging his fist on the table.

"Yes, your grace." stunned about his nephew's outburst.

'Especially in front of my sister"

"As you wish"

"I do"

'Tell, the soldiers to bring her here and give her a day to pack. I don't want her to be rushed.

"Yes"

'Now" he said, calmly

Edward left the room and the king rested his head in his hands. " oh God, help me" he pleaded