AN: Welcome back to another chapter of 'A Chance Not Worth Taking'. Do you know that after this chapter I only have one more chapter then the epilogue to write! Oh My Carlisle (sorry I have always wanted to say that)! We are almost at the end. This chapter is a short one but do not worry, the next two are going to be long ones. And I mean long ones. In any case I would like to thank every one for reviewing again. It does mean a lot to know that you guys are enjoying the story and I do love to hear your feedback! Well I will stop rambling now and let you read the next installment!

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The Court

13 July 1537

The summer heat was affecting all the ladies at court except for Rosalie. The heat didn't affect her nor did the cold. She knew however that it was especially affecting the Queen who was now around the six month mark of her pregnancy and was showing it.

Everyone was excitedly anticipating the birth of a prince by the end of spring and the one who seemed to be anticipating it the most was King Henry to no one's surprise. He had gone through two other wives to have a Prince and now that he was on his third everyone hoped that she would deliver one so that no more Queens of England would be discarded like rags.

Thankfully when night time fell upon the court, there was to be a banquet held for the Queen and all of her ladies were invited to attend. Rosalie wasn't sure if Henry would be taking part as Jane had told a few of her ladies that the King was not always feeling well due to that jousting wound he received early last year.

Rosalie couldn't work out if Jane was disappointed in having him not there or wanting him to be there but not admitting it. She knew he had matters of state to also attend to but Rosalie wished that Jane didn't always have a poker face on; it was so hard to read and to tell if anything was wrong or if she needed anything. Rosalie knew better than everyone that emotions sometimes have to be spilt out into the open.

The Queen and her ladies walked into the great hall. Jane was immediately followed by Lady Rochford and Lady Misseldon while Rosalie was behind Ursula. It felt strange that everyone bowed towards them as they walked through as they usually had to do it to but in a way, Rosalie did not mind.

As the courtiers rised they all clapped for the Queen and her pregnancy. Rosalie could tell that the Queen was smiling at this. She lovingly looked down to her swollen belly and placed her hands protectively around it.

In a way this made Rosalie jealous. She would have given anything to have a child of her own.

As the Queen and her ladies made her way to her seat above the rest of the courtiers, Rosalie was pulled aside by a strong arm, obviously a vampire's arm. When she turned to see who it was a smile spread across her face. It was Emmett.

She walked away with him so that they were standing alone. "I thought that you didn't like court," said Rosalie with a smirk across her face.

Emmett laughed his boisterous laugh. "Well," said Emmett coming closer to her. "The court does have some of its own advantages. You never know I might get lucky."

This time Rosalie laughed. "Who with?"

Emmett looked around. "I am pretty sure that any of these ladies would be willing but there is only one that I am interested in and that woman is standing right in front of me."

Rosalie looked down suddenly becoming nervous and transparent. When she looked back up again, Emmett's face was closer to hers, she could feel his breath on her face. He then leaned in and Rosalie could feel another pair of lips crash into hers gently but then it became more forceful, more passionate, unlike anything she had ever experienced and right there and then she knew that this was where she belonged, what she had been waiting forever for.

Meanwhile, Jane was seated with her brother the Earl of Hertford sitting beside her. Jane was watching the courtier's dance before her. Edward was talking to his wife Anne Stanhope but she was quickly distracted and decided that she wanted to dance. This left Edward and Jane there by themselves.

Jane looked over and could see Rosalie and Emmett dancing and was glad of it. It might even make her husband see sense and back away from Rosalie to let her have a happy life, God knew she deserved.

She then looked around and saw Cromwell talking to some men and what looked to be taking bribes from them. She turned to her brother. "What is the Lord Privy seal doing?" asked Jane.

Edward, not knowing what she was talking about, looked towards Cromwell and immediately understood. "I imagine those nobles want to buy the leases of some of the suppressed abbeys."

"What are they giving Mr Cromwell?"

"Bribes," he simply answered. "Mr Cromwell is already a rich man; some say the richest in the Kingdom."

"Does the King know of this practice?" asked Jane, concerned for her husband.

"He asks no questions," stated Edward. "As long as the crown receives it's ten percent share." He seemed annoyed that the King was so blind to it. He wanted Cromwell finished but more so for other practices that he was harbouring.

"Is it not terrible that our sacred buildings be used like this as profit?"

"If you say so," replied Edward. Jane wanted to speak but he interrupted her when she started. "You have to understand how clever it is. By allowing these new men to buy a stake in the Kingdom, Mr Cromwell makes sure their loyalty to the King and to himself."

Jane didn't argue back, she just turned and looked back to Cromwell. No matter how clever it may be she wasn't impressed with the practice. She would rather see the abbeys go to better use then to fill the greed of ambitious men.

Meanwhile, the court was dancing in front of this whole conversation. Rosalie and Emmett were dancing and as the couples went around in a circle, Anne Stanhope and some other man of the court where the couple in front of them.

Anne was then pulled away by Sir Francis Bryan. She smiled at Rosalie as she left the dance. Rosalie wasn't quite sure why she had smiled. Rosalie thought that maybe Anne was trying to say that she had won Sir Francis, not that Rosalie even wanted him or the other reason was that she was trying to tell her to keep her mouth shut.

In any case, Rosalie continued to dance with Emmett and was enjoying herself immensely.

Sir Francis Bryan and Anne Stanhope were about to enjoy themselves a great deal more. Sir Francis payed one of the King's gentlemen to keep the matter quiet and pulled Anne behind a curtain and away from the prying eyes of the court. Anne laughed her infectious laugh as he did so.

He then took of his hat and then lifted Anne up against the wall, her feet dangling in mid air. He started kissing her. "Stop," she said, trying to get her feet back on to the ground.

"I have to go away," said Francis as if he were a pleading schoolboy.

"So?"

"So I can't go until I have you," said Francis, though it was muffled through the kisses. They kept kissing until Anne came to her senses again.

"This is madness!"

"I like madness!"

They kept on kissing but Anne kept trying to get away. "No, it is too dangerous. My husband will see us. What if I were to conceive your child?" asked Anne through all of her rambling comments.

"So what," said Francis, not caring about fathering any children. "A lot of women lie about the father's of their children. What does it matter to you? Let Edward raise my brat." He kissed her again and made her sigh. "Admit it lady, this is your game to."

Anne had finally succumbed to his reasoning. "Just do it."

AN: How was that? I know it was short but the next chapter and then the epilogue after it are going to be long ones! So prepare yourself for those. I am going to write those before I go back to any of my other stories. Since I have no tests and assignments any more as reports are already being finalised by my teachers, I will start working on my stories more. Trust me from now and then in the summer holidays I will probably be writing like crazy (in between watching S3 of The Tudors as I am going to get it for Christmas :) doing a Happy dance right now). You might even get to see the sequel come out sooner than expected. All I can say is I can't believe this story is almost over. I have had so much fun in doing it. This story has more been about the romance but trust me that the next story will be more about vampires. I can't tell you more than that but I hope you will enjoy the sequel as well. I also have a post-Breaking Dawn story in the works. I came up with the premise a long time ago so look out for that aswell. I do have a lot of Tudor Stories in the works and a Merlin one as well. I don't know why I am rambling! Oh well... Thanks again for reviewing my story! It does mean alot. Remember to review this chapter and if possible go and have a look at some of my other stories!

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