Chapter 13

"You know part of it. I again told you when I first met you in the gardens."

"Oh my goodness, you have a birthmark in a private place and James has none. But is your birth mark so private I would probably never have seen it."

"Yes, you are right. Here," and he gave me a very old journal from his father. It described the birthmark and location.

"Well."

I said, "There's only one way to prove it. Is it okay, Queen Bella?"

"Just think that you are looking at your husband and not me."

"Fine."

So he lowered his breaches and undergarments until I saw it just as described below his waistline heading towards his groin.

"Yes, King Edward, my husband was James. Let me guess part of your plan is that you and I remain married."

"Yes, it is."

"Edward, this is all so overwhelming just tell me that you will love Emmett and Rosalie like they were your own."

"Bella, of course, I will. That's why I wanted you to tell me about them before because I wanted to know all the parts of you. Bella, how will we explain stories I don't remember?"

"Easy, that you have some amnesia from the attack. We have a few other problems we are going to have to deal with. My parents have been in James' wing all this time plus switching would be difficult to explain. I am sure you don't want to go back to your wing knowing," and I stopped.

"Bella, I know you made love to him there in my bed. There's no doubt. We can move into the actual King's wing when we get back."

"But how would we explain it?"

"We could simply say that enough time has passed and we were ready to move into that wing. Bella, we have one bigger problem that we will have to deal with sooner."

"What's that?"

"You and I have never shared a bed and that is going to be expected of us to continue sharing a bed especially if I'm ready to run the country health wise."

"Edward, if I had met Anthony instead of James and not been married, I have no doubt I would've fallen in love with him. I love our discussions. You've made me feel excited when you put the blankets around me. I felt a spark. I felt the spark in the garden with you. Then again, oh my god, here when you kissed me the spark was there, but the beard was a distraction. Even tonight, when you put the blanket around me, I felt another spark."

"Didn't James make you spark?"

"No, I always fluttered; but until now I just thought it was a love's first kiss thing for us from the garden. I didn't get the spark part until being here with you. In the beginning I thought it was fear, but now I know differently."

"Bella," he walked up to me, turned me towards him, pulled me into his arms and gently kissed me.

"Edward," I moaned gently and easily. With that I was in his arms and laying on his bed, Edward gently kissed my face.

"Bella, I would love to continue this; but it's not right. I would be taking advantage of you. We will have to share a bed; but we'll just have to go to bed already changed in our dressing gowns."

"You won't hold it against me for making love to your brother."

"No, I won't hold it against you. If I did, I would never have come after you. But as this slowly happens between us, I want you to know that I may do things differently than my brother," I tried to comment; but he silenced me first with his fingers to my lips. "I have never made love to anyone before."

"Oh my god," I said. If your kisses are any sign, I don't think we will have problems there. Plus as I told James, my parents taught me that making love is enjoyable and not something to be afraid of the pleasure it brings."

"Your family should be here in about six hours. We needed more boats to move all of them. We will need even more to make my plan work so my guards here are starting to build boats. Would you like to meet with my head guard and myself to hear about the plan to get our castle and country back?"

"Yes, you really will let me."

"Of course, you are a vital part of this plan thanks to my brother teaching you how to use a sword and a dagger." But first Edward leaned in, kissed me and said, "We're short a few rooms with so many people coming back here. Please say you can handle staying with me for the next two weeks because I am putting your parents and children in your room."

"Edward, but your bed is so small here," as I looked around at it.

"Bella, it's okay; we can make it work. Now let's go meet with my head guard." He pulled me up and led me down the hall to the dining room.

Edward offered me a chair next to the head of the table the head guard came in and sat opposite me, "Your royal majesties." And he bowed to both of us.

"Thank you, Tom. Let's open up the plans and show Queen Bella. Tom, just a second, Bella, it is nearly 2:00 am. Your family should be here at about 8:00 am. I need you to eat and drink to be able to stay awake. If you get too tired, let me know and I'll get you to bed."

"Okay, but let's go; I want to hear this plan."

"The entire guard, your parents, Emmett, Rosalie, you and I are all leaving here together to head for the castle via the underground city in about two weeks. We're thinking if we give the rebels that long the head will be in the castle along with a large portion of his guard. You will have three daggers attached to your legs and dress. You with a crown on your head and about ten of my guards will go to the castle together demanding the leader step down because you are the rightful Queen of France. My gut is they will try to capture you by threatening your family. But they'll be safe in the underground tunnels with guards. We have to wait two weeks because we're trying to get additional weapons and we're building more boats."

"If I'm going in with ten guards, how many are you leaving with my family?"

"Sixteen."

" How many with you?"

"I'll have another thirty. You'll go through one entrance, we'll come in a second."