𝓜𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓞𝓬𝓽𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓪, 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 | 𝓑. 𝓑𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓸𝓷

Chapter twenty three - Queens Ball

April 2nd 1814

Octavia Pov

I drag my half-asleep body across the hall to the twins bedroom, the morning cry is now my wake up call.

I walk in and immediately scoop up Alexander into my arms, immediately calming when he feels my touch.

I change then feed him, and then repeat my actions for Sebastian.

I pick them both up and carry them into my room.

I place them on the bed, causing Benedict to wake up.

"Ugh... Oh hello you two!" he exclaims, picking them both up, before claiming out of bed himself.

He places them back down on the bed, moving our pillows so they surround them.

We both get changed and head down stairs both holding a twin, and walk into the drawing room seeing both Enola and Eloise eating some form of pastry.

"Girls you have the Queens ball tonight." I tell the two girls.

Complaints immediately falling out their mouths,

"Girls you know that if we could take you out we would but we can't so you're stuck" Benedict tells them, smirking at me. Knowing that if we told Violet we had something planned we could technically take them out or at least let them skip some.

...

"Come Darling, they shall be here soon." I tell my husband.

I see them walking over with their children in hand. A boy and a girl, aged 8 and 6.

"Ah, Lizzie this is my husband Benedict" I tell the woman, the twins laying in a pram.

"Ah, hello Octavia, we met at your engagement party." Her husband smiles at me.

"Thomas" Benedict says,
"Benedict" they hug each other patting them on the back.

"I believe our husbands our best friends" She tells me,

"Yes, it seems so. Is that Claire and William?" I ask. "My they have grown, last time I saw you two you were 5 and 3. Your so grown now"

"Are that your baby" the boy asks.

"Babies, there is two of them" Lizzie corrects.

"Yes, they are twins." I say as Lizzie picks up Claire so she can see in the pram.

"There so cute, mama" Claire says snuggling into her mothers chest.

The two men, walk back over.

"Yes I must say, I agree with my daughter they are very adorable" Thomas agrees.

"Would you ever have anymore?" I question the couple.

"Yes, maybe one or two, another girl and boy, what about you two?" Lizzie asks.

"Well me and Benedict both agreed that we both want a big family so like three or four more. But I really want a girl" I tell her.

Me and Benedict walk through the entrance to the Queens ball room. Arms linked.

Benedict walks of to find His brothers and I go of to find his sister.

The Queen then spots me and notions for me to come over.

"Please do sit" she tells me as I approach her.

I sit down on the bench next to her.

"How have you been Octavia? I haven't heard anything about you since the scandal of you being fat or with child" she asks me.

"Well, I um was with child. I gave birth nearly five months ago." I tell her.

"Oh, thats lovely. What to?" She questions.

"Twins. Two boys, Sebastian and Alexander" I smile.

"Well, I must meet them at some point." She tells me.

"Oh yes, you must. They love new people, very social little babies." I laugh.

"It seems Lady Danbury is walking over here. Shall you be bringing them to the races?"

"Yes, your majesty I am"

"Well I will see you then, bye dear"

I suddenly see my uncle once again with a man standing next to him.

I walk over to the the two, I notice Enola doing the same.

"What are you doing here?" I ask

They drag me outside.

"You. Stay out of my factory, or I will hunt down your entire family" the man tells Enola.

What has this girl been getting into.

"Don't threaten her." I stand my ground.

"Or what princess?" He says going up behind me and pulling out a knife and pressing it against my neck.

I feel my body tense slightly as I flinch from him holding it harder then normal.