Bianca de medici, bastard daughter of cosimo de medici, was sent to the French court at the age of 9.
Eight years passed and Bianca fell madly in love with the French Dauphin Francis, and the feelings were mutual. But the two are kept apart by the...
I drove after Francis. He had driven up the forest path and I was struggling to keep up with him.
"Francis!" Shouted loudly "Francis!". I looked around but didn't see him anywhere.
"I'm here" I heard him say, I drove towards the sound and saw him on the ground, bent over a body.
I got off the horse and walked over to him. It was a girl's body. She didn't seem very old, maybe as old as me.
"Is she... dead?" I asked softly. Francis shook his head "she is still breathing very weakly. I think she was hit on the head and passed out as a result" he pointed to the blood running down her forehead "We will have to take her to the palace to have her treated there ".
I nodded and helped Francis pick her up and put her on his horse.
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When we got back to the palace, he had the girl taken to one of the rooms and summoned a doctor to come to her.
I watched with concern as the doctor examined her. "She is not seriously injured, Your Majesty," he told Francis. I sighed with relief. "She just needs to rest and then she'll come around," the doctor continued.
"Thank you Doctor, you can go" said Francis, the doctor bowed and walked out of the room. Francis turned to me "I have to get to work, you stay here until she has recovered, immediately ask her who she is and what she was doing in the woods".
"Yes of course, you go" I reassured him "I'll see you at dinner". Francis kissed me quickly and then walked out of the room, leaving me blushing.
I turned back to the girl and sat on the edge of the bed. I took a wet washcloth and placed it on her forehead. The wound on her head had already been cleaned and luckily it wasn't as deep as we thought.
The girl was very beautiful. She had fiery hair and a round face.
Her eyes opened slowly and I saw that she looked around in panic. "Where am I?" she asked softly in a panicked tone. She tried to sit up but I pressed softly back into the bed. "Calm down, you are safe here. You are at the Chateau de Fontainebleau" I soothed her.
She thought "Chateau de Fontainebleau?". "Yes" I replied "Then who are you? Why am I here?".
I smiled "I'm Bianca, we found you unconscious in the woods. Do you remember what happened?"
She thought again "I think so. My father was after me, he wanted to kill me" she stammered. I looked at her startled "But why?".
"My older sister lied to him that I wasn't a virgin anymore and had sex with a farm boy from another village, but that's not true. But still my father believed her. He was furious and said I was a disgrace to the family name and therefore wanted to kill me.I ran into the woods hoping to get rid of him but couldn't.The last thing I remember is that he hit me on the head with a log, he said that I daughter was no more" she sobbed.
Poor girl, that her own father really wanted to kill his daughter. I couldn't think of it.
"What's your name, how old are you?" I asked her. "Cecily, my name is Cecily Levier. I am 17 years old".
I took her hand "Believe me Cecily, your father can never hurt you again, you are now under the protection of the king. You are safe here" I told her.
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Cecily Levier
You made me who I am today and I am eternally grateful to you for that.
