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I quickly made my way back to my chambers, only to run into my first major obstacle to Frary. A beautiful woman was in my room. I knew that Francis was fooling around with a girl in the series premier, but I still couldn't remember her name. In my defense, she was only in that 1 episode and then she basically disappeared; drama was caused and her purpose was served. Besides, when they brought Olivia on, she was a much better rival for Francis's affections.

"Um…did anyone see you come in here?" I inquired, not really knowing what else to say.

"No, they never do." She assured me as she came closer. "They never will."

"That's good." I said in earnest as the last thing I needed was word getting back to Mary that I was snagging some French squirrel behind her back.

"Nothing's changed here, nothing has to." She assured me as she started to feel me up. I have to admit that her touch was pleasing, but I was eventually able to regain my senses and gently move her hands away.

"Is something wrong, Francis?" She asked with concern as I prepared to let her down.

"I've enjoyed our time together…but now that Queen Mary has arrived, our marriage will happen soon and it is best that we not fool ourselves into thinking that we can continue as we have been." I explained as her face filled with pain.

"So that's it then?" The girl asked as she fought back tears.

"Yes, I'm so sorry…but for what it's worth, I don't regret a moment of our time together…" I tried hard to remember her name, but it just wasn't coming to me. When you watch 4 seasons worth of material, you end up putting the sub plots that don't go anywhere out of your mind. I kept struggling to remember the girl's name. At first, she looked at me with confusion, but then she caught on and she was pissed.

"My name is Natalia, damn you!" She cried as she stormed out of my room. By the look on her face, I knew that if I wasn't the next king of France, she would have smacked the shit out of me and I'd of had it coming too. At least the dalliance with Natalia was over, so now I could focus on nurturing my courtship with Mary. I knew that she was going to be coming any moment and I could only hope that she wouldn't run into Francis's slice of ass on the way up to his chambers.

After a few minutes, I heard a knock at the door and I figured it was my Scottish fiancee. I opened up the door and sure enough, Mary was there and still looking lovely.

"Mary, what is it?" I asked as I let my eyes rest on her while she held up some of the pebbles she found near the water.

"Um, I brought you something, to decorate your swords with." She answered as she dropped the stones that she had found at the pond into my hand.

"That's very kind of you Mary and I appreciate it." I replied as I set the stones down on one of my dressers. "I would invite you to come in, but the last thing that either of us need is servants gossiping before our actual wedding."

"I understand, perhaps we can have a moment after your sister's wedding?" Mary asked hopefully as she held my hand tightly.

"I'm looking forward to it." I replied as I took her hand and pressed a gentle kiss upon it. Mary tried to hide her blush and failed miserably as she went away and left me feeling rather pleased with myself as my efforts to stabilize Frary seemed to be going quite well indeed.


Later that night.

I thought that I was prepared for most of the challenges that I would face from Reign. However, one thing that the show did not prepare me for was how boring royal weddings are. The ceremony took up the better part of 3 hours and most of it was in Latin, so I didn't know most of what was being said. Mercifully, once Leeza was wed to King Philip, it was time for the royal reception. It seemed to be a serious rager; by 16th century standards.

As I looked around for Mary, my eyes went wide. I saw her conversing with Colin, Lola's soon to be former flame. He was kissing her hand and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor bastard. He was being used by Catherine to make Mary unmarriable. I knew that the plan wouldn't work since Clarissa had warned Mary not to drink the wine, but still, I knew that I couldn't let an innocent boy fall victim to that Medici witch. I needed to figure out a way to save Colin without blowing my cover.

Before I could approach the Scot, Mary grabbed her ladies in waiting and began to do a group dance. My feet were frozen in place as I watched them move about. I was overcome with pity. In the series premiere, Mary and her ladies were so innocent and trusting. It pained me to think of how things would end up by the series finale: Aylee would be dead, Lola would be dead, Greer and Kenna would be alone with bastard, their hearts broken. As I gave the ladies a smile as i watched the feathers fly down from the ceiling, I wondered if anything could be done to save them from their fates. I knew that my main priority had to be keeping Frary intact, but could I not try to save others too?

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