Jane Seymour's Promise

by Ana Cristina

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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.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Jane Seymour's Promise

    SKermitgorf's Buddy Icon SKermitgorf

    Posted 4 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    confident and cold she is.
    LoA

  2. Jane Seymour's Promise

    Nouvelle Bardot's Buddy Icon Nouvelle Bardot

    Posted 4 months ago

    eek, reminds me of the other bolelyn girl. very good! i shall try and keep up with this series you’ve got going, its a really deck idea.

  3. Jane Seymour's Promise

    Six Feet Under The Stars' Buddy Icon Six Feet Under The Stars

    Posted 29 days ago

    closer to the actual timing here. and i like the writing here better. it has more of a feel of reality than the others.

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    penguincaptain18's Buddy Icon penguincaptain18

    Posted about 5 hours ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Man this is making me want to go and look up all this info. Sounds like such and interesting era.

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