Duchess Boleyn|The Tudors

The death of a queen

Narrator POV

Charles had been desperate to talk to Elena.
Though Elena didn't think she could respond, she couldn't control her words as of now.

She was planning to take the children to Hastings and had been ignoring everyone and everything putting sole attention on her children.

In her opinion everyone was running around like headless chickens and she was finished with it, over time she also started to be mad at Charles,
He was leaving to murder, women, children, husbands and fathers alike.
If Henry were truly Charles his friend he wouldn't be making Charles do this and she's sick of her husband being a simple doormat for the cruel King.

Sometimes she would lay awake at night time thinking that if on the off chance Henry went mad and turned against her like he did with Anne and asked Charles to carry out their murder, if he would.

And she hated it, she hated it because she knew the answer...he would.

His love for his king is pathetic and she hates that she can count on her husband for everything except the safety from their Monarch of which she knows that is losing his mind more and more every second of every day.

She hated it. She hated it all.
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Their son did a little bow to his father as Charles told Orion to be good for his Mother, Charles then kissed the twins on the head and went to kiss Elena's cheek but she dodged him, he looked hurt as he took one step back from her

She put a false smile on her face and look to her son "Orion my dear, would you like to show your little sisters the horses?"
The little boy started cheering as the wet nurses, who were holding the twins followed him outside

"I had a feeling you were upset with me" Charles said gravely, looking down

"Why can't you just say no!?" Her tone was harsher than she meant for it to be but at least it got his attention to how upset she truly was

"My dear wife, you are smart enough to know that would not end well"

"Then send someone else to do it" Tears started to well up and her voice started to get louder.
She didn't want her husband to be this person, she didn't think she would be able to look him in the eyes after the massacres he must act out.

She didn't want him to be made the villain, why is she the only one who is trying to stop it.
Charles claims he doesn't want it but he will roll over like a dead dog at Henry's will and order

"If I do not do this I will lose the love of my king" he said desperately

Silence filled the halls

"Is that all you care about?...and what if it were Orion...or Lyra or Estella or me!-" As the words came pouring out of her she started yelling, begging for him to atleast try understand and before she could even think she asked the dreaded question of which she never wanted the answer to
"What if Henry demanded you kill me as he did my family, my sister, my brother!" She cried in frustration

"Hush! You mustn't talk of that! Atleast not so loud..." he quietly scolded her

All emotion left her face,
"Answer the question"

He sighed looking her in the eyes and saying nothing,

That was all the answer she needed.

Elena took a deep breath and looked at Charles, looked him in the eyes, the eyes of the man she loved...and saw nothing.

"You'd best be on your way, you wouldn't want to miss daylight." She gave him a dead smile that didn't reach her eyes in the slightest.

He again, said nothing.

disappointing...it was as if her safety net had been pulled out from beneath her by the name man who'd place it there...

And then...he just left.

Disappointing.
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After spending some time a Hastings Elena had got a news that Charles had returned.
She didn't want to see him, she didn't think she could face him but she would not take him away from her children,

So there they were Elena was sitting within the grass with the two babies wrapped in blankets in front of her whilst Orion and Charles were fishing in the nearby river.

Then she heard a voice

"What is it father?"

"Can't you see him?"

"See who?" Orion asked sweetly

"Over there. Can't you see him-" Charles was getting more and more agitated "Well look, that man, over there. You see him yes? Can you see him? Oh for gods sake tell me you see him!" Charles ended up yelling and Orion flinched, dropping his fishing rod and looking to his mother for help

"Charles! Don't you dare!-" She said in the strictest voice he ever heard, she motion for her son to come sit down next to her as she got up and went to speak to Charles

"What on earth are you talking about?!" She hissed

"That man right there!"
He cried desperately

It hit Elena like a ton of bricks, her husband was seeing things,
There was no man, only Charles demons playing cruel jokes on him

She was still angry, she still had lost a lot of trust in him and he was still a killer, but he was her husband non the less, the man who'd won her over with his constant attempts of charming her and she'd been dammed if he lost his mind now.

"Let's go back to the house, I hear the cooks are preparing a large dinner for us" she changed the subject for now, picking up the fishing rods and taking her husbands hand as they started walking back to their lfamily.

A conversation needed to be had but not then nor there and not in front of their children.
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As night was settling in the next day they'd gotten a letter from court, calling Charles and Elena

Two notes of important

First, the king finally had a son, prince Edward, future king of England

And two, Jane Seymour was dead.
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(Please Forgive any spelling mistakes)
(I didn't really have time to go over it and I really wanted to get this out to you guys)

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Phew! It's been a while,
Again sorry for the slow updates it's exam season and my finals are coming up so I have really been putting a lot of efforts into my studies

But it felt good to get back at this, personally I don't think I'm that good at writing angst so tell me how I did and if you want to see more angst or see Elena and Charles happy again because I kinda left their ending this chapter a little rocky

So Janes dead. Damn.
Rest in spaghetti never forgetti

Missed you all, I hope you had a lovely Easter

See you next time
-Issy ❤️❤️