On the same day they beheaded her, he proposed to me. As they were dismantling the scaffold and wiping her blood off the henchman's blade, I was trying on my wedding dress. It did not bother me, though the court whispered behind their hands, though they stared at me unabashedly. I knew what they must have been thinking - they must have thought I was an opportunist, more manipulative than even she had been. Well, she was dead now and I was still here, living. Far be it from me to gloat outwardly, though, as his former wife would have done. Instead I sat in my room praying at my prieu-dieu. When he entered the room, the other girls left, not bothering to stifle their giggles. I am eager to begin my work as queen and tighten the reins on what has become a too lax court. They are holding bets to see how long it will take for him to tire of me. But I know this will not happen. I shall do what the other queens failed to do - I shall give him a son. The king and the crown will both be mine, till death do us part. 2008-07-06T19:31:54Z http://ficlets.com/feed/story/22567 <p>Man this is making me want to go and look up all this info. Sounds like such and interesting era.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/22567?basename=76821 2008-07-06T19:31:54Z penguincaptain18 http://ficlets.com/authors/user_5439 <p>closer to the actual timing here. and i like the writing here better. it has more of a feel of reality than the others.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/22567?basename=68812 2008-06-07T19:03:30Z Six Feet Under The Stars http://ficlets.com/authors/user_4266 <p>eek, reminds me of the other bolelyn girl. very good! i shall try and keep up with this series you&#8217;ve got going, its a really deck idea.</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/22567?basename=44329 2008-02-28T05:46:57Z Nouvelle Bardot http://ficlets.com/authors/user_bardot <p>confident and cold she is.<br />LoA</p> http://ficlets.com/stories/22567?basename=44018 2008-02-27T00:09:32Z SKermitgorf http://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorf