In which King Edward IV finds himself captivated by a woman he cannot have and no matter how many years pass or how hard he tries, he is unable to give up on their love. For she had a place in his heart no one else could have, a place not even his o...
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OCTOBER 25, 1461 FIVE MONTHS LATER
"This is treason, Mother!" Nora shouted at her mother, staring down at the letter Katherine had handed her to read, "You are conspiring with Margaret of Anjou. You are spying on the Yorks and feeding the Mad Queen information about them."
Katherine scoffed, snatching the letter from her daughter's grasp. She tore it up into several pieces before tossing it into the scorching flames of the fireplace.
"You said it yourself. Edward is a bastard who doesn't deserve to rule," Katherine complained, earning a weird look from Nora.
"I didn't mean a literal bastard. I meant it as he was a bastard for breaking my heart," Nora argued in a low tone.
After she ended any involvement she previously had with Edward, her mother was the only person she had left. Her mother might have been treacherous and half-mad, but she was the woman who birthed her. If she got past the part where her mother was hellbent on making her queen, her mother wasn't all that bad.
If her father could love someone like Katherine Neville, there must have been some part of her that was good and redeemable.
"I need some air," Nora confessed, placing a hand over her stomach, "I fear spending so much time around you is poisoning my mind."
"My daughter, always one for the dramatics," Katherine muttered under her breath, rolling her eyes at her daughter as she watched her leave her chambers.
Nora exited her bed chambers, running a hand through her hair. She took a deep breath, seeing as though she constantly felt suffocated by always being in her mother's presence. After all, most of that time her mother was speaking of all her plans to overthrow the Yorks.
Her mother was a cunning woman, smarter than many might have thought. Everyone always just viewed her to be a cold-hearted bitch, but in truth, she was one of the smartest people Nora had ever met.
She didn't fear death, either. She was willing to have herself executed, just to have her ungrateful daughter become queen, a daughter who didn't even want to be queen.
Nora suddenly stopped walking when she spotted Edward making his way down the hallway as he spoke to Richard and George.
She sighed in frustration, on the verge of turning around. However, as much as she attempted to avoid him, Edward had already locked eyes on her.
He quickly bid his brothers goodbye before chasing after Nora. After all, she had been avoiding him for months now and believe it or not, Nora was actually quite skilled at avoiding him, despite Edward being the king of England.
