whispers of the heart

first chapter

The queen sat in her throne and with pain in her eyes she watched the ladies and gentlemen swirling around the ball room. She loves to dance. It was one of her favorite thing to do ever.
"It is a pity that the society does not allow your majesty to dance without the presence of the king." said lady Addington. Lady Addington was at the court for as long as anyone could remember.
"Indeed" said the queen quietly.
It has been two months since she last saw the king. He has been away because of political stuff. There has been some issue with the neighbor, Kornolia. She missed the king dearly. Six months has passed since their marriage and yet she saw the king only couple of times.
Suddenly a man was standing in front of her, bowing.
"If your majesty would be so kind and danced with me"
But just as Katherine was getting up, lady Addington nodded her head at a young girl, who quickly stood up and went of with the lord. The queen sighed and all she could do was watch all the people in the room enjoying themselves.
Lady Addington saw the poor mood her majesty was in.
"I am sure if his Highness was here he would dance with your Majesty, so you could also enjoy yourself."
"Yes, I am sure also" sighed Katherine once more as leaned her head against her hand, bored.
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Looking out of the balcony Katherine looked down at the leaving comedians. Everyone is leaving the town. With the gossips about the king coming back everyone is heading back home.
She turned around and walked back into the room. Her ladies-in-waiting were sewing(idk if i translated that one right oops xd) and painting and singing.
"It is going to be sad here now, since the comedians are leaving" said one of them to the queen.
"It is already sad here, that is why they are leaving" said another one.
The queen walked around the ladies and sat by the fireplace. She wished Edmund was here with her right now. They got married half a year ago and even though it was arranged marriage she was in love. And she truly believes that Edmund is in love also. By the way he's holding her when they are sleeping or how he looks at her when he thinks she isn't looking, Katherine believes that he is in love too. She hopes he is.
"The king is coming right after the meeting with sir Nicolas, today afternoon." whispered one of the queen's best of friend, Julia. Katherine's head turned around to face Julia quickly.
"What? Is he coming here?"
"No..His Highness is going to Granville"
The queen almost jumped of joy. She stood up and walked over to lady Addington.
"Me and the king are going to Granville" she said excitedly. Lady Addington froze in her spot and on her face was visible confusion.
"Your Majesty has spoken to the king about it?" she asked rather hesitantly
"Well..no but i sha-"
"With all due respect my queen but i was under the impression that lord Berkram has informed your Majesty about the ban his Highness established."
The young queen was taken back. Ban? What ban? And why would she be concerned about that?
"Ban? What ban?"
"No women are allowed in the walls Granville. The king wishes to not to be disturbed as he wishes to contemplate and pursue spirituality"
Why didn't she know about that? Her husband has set a law that banned his wife from visiting him?
"Even me?" the brunette asked
"Yes my queen, even you"
Katherine looked at the ground. How long will she have to wait till she's going to be able to see him again.
"But if your Majesty wishes she can go to her own castle, Elfhrad. It is not that far from Granville"
The young brunette was fighting and eye roll.
,,Yes, we shall breathe the same air with the king" she said and smiled ironically at lady Addington.
,,Get the horses ready please, lady Addington. We will be leaving immediately."
Lady Addington nodded and left. What she didn't know was that the young queen was already forming a plan in her head. A risky plan if you would.
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The queen was riding her white horse, Daisy. She was quite ahead from the group. Exactly how she wanted it. Speeding the horse a little more she began to hear the voices behind less and less.
When it was all quiet the slowed down and looked behind her. She was all alone and in front of her were the towers of Granville. Katherine smiled to herself as her planned worked. Well, part of it for now.
She left her horse outside of the castle. She tried to get through the guards and fortunately they all seemed to be too busy to notice her. All of them were greeting the king of Kornolia, king Marco. The priest was just taking his majesty to the chapel of the st Claudius.
She followed them carefully. When she was almost by the chapel one of the royal guards walked her direction. The girl's eyes widened as she began looking around for possible hiding place. She found a oddly put pillar and crouched behind it. All though it would probably not be that much of a big deal if she was caught here, she still wanted not be seen.
Following Father Constantin to the chapel she saw him showing portraits of the saints. She looked through the window but just as she wanted to leave again The Holy Father noticed her.
"Um alright, i see you are looking quite tired your Highness and um i understand that. So you are free to go wherever you wish and um uh i will see you in a mere moment." Father Constantin said rather quickly, almost shoving the king out of the chapel.
"Uh yes thank you Holy Father, please alarm me when the king arrives" said the tan man with thick accent
Father Constantin opened the main door to the chapel. Standing there was the queen, looking at the priest with teary eyes.
"Your Majesty," Father Constantin bowed his head, "whatever are you doing here?"
Katherine looked at the ground while she played with the sleeves of her dress.
"I um I was riding with lady Addington to my castle, Elfhrad is it? Yes, well i suppose i was riding too fast and got carried away. The next thing i know i am alone in the woods. I think i got lost" she explained her only partly true story. The Holy Father nodded
"Ah yes, Well be glad that it was Granville that crossed your horse's path. But you cannot stay here"
"Nobody saw me coming"
"Very well. But that testifies about punishable lack of ability of our guards."
"It was planned that nobody would see me" said the queen but before the man could ask anymore questions Katherine started talking again
The queen started looking around the chapel, her eyes locking at the unfinished portrait of Edmund. A wave of sadness washed over her seeing his face again, even though only on a portrait.
"Is the king here yet?" asked the young brunette.
"Not yet but we are expecting him any moment now"
"Lucky Granville" Katherine chuckled sadly and wiped the single tear that was coming down her cheek.
"Lucky?"
The queen sighed. "You do not understand Father, you do not love, you are a priest"
"Yes indeed. But you must understand that the king has political duties he must comply."
She shook her head at the Holy Father. "Of course i understand that but you must understand that.." she took a deep breath, "it has been 6 months since our wedding and how many times was i allowed to see the king? And i understand that he has his duties for the country but i am important also, aren't I. I am worth at least a moment of his time" tears were running down her cheeks now. Father Constantin sat next to her and put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Ah my dear, did you happened to be jealous?"
"When a woman loves she is jealous of everything. Is this a sin?" her brown eyes were wide and her cheeks rosy from the tears.
The older man shook his head. "No, definitely not a sin. Weakness perhaps? Yes."
The queen stood up. "Then I am weak"
Father Constantin followed her.
"He loves you very deeply"
Katherine chuckled lightly. "Yet it is you that is telling me that" she sighed and looked to the ground suddenly regretting her choice to come to this place. "I shall go now. Please help me get out of here unnoticed and if you can please remain silence before the king about my moment of weakness." she took his hands in hers, silently pleading him some more. He took his hands out of hers and sighed.
"The queen can leave this place" he shook his head, "but a woman in love must stay"
The queen's head turned to look at him.
"I will help you, my queen. The scar in your heart must be heal"

hiii! so I KNOW ABOUT THE GRAMMAR but just get over it 👉🚪. anyway this is going to be more focused on Katherine and Edmund and then i'll do another book when it's going to be more focused on Mary-Anne and Henry. i mean they're still going to be here but it's gonna be more about the king and queen. also it's more like a short story idk it's not gonna be too long honestly
hope you kinda liked it
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