life got better we had joy and things to celebrate our night time activities only happened on holidays as we had agreed earlier. Lynda admitted that once stated I was never finished so she needed time between to recover. Our fine dress got fancier and fancier, we had a time of light and joy. However with the sun so went Lyndas mood. I worked hard to get her more sun light however by midwinter she was again acting as if she resented me and keeping her distance no matter how I asked or tried to help she just faded more and more till I presented her with her fine midwinter gown for the next day it was my best work and only made her burst in to tears. 

I scooped her up and put her in bed “Lynda I can not help you if you don’t tell me this problem please, please I am begging you tell me what is so heavy that you can not wear your midwinters gown?” in our isolated life I didn’t know what possibly could have gone wrong.

she looked up at me eyes over filled with sorrow “Samantha I’ve missed my last two monthlies.” 

I was lost with how this was an issue “some of my friends have a missed the time once in awhile and it was never the cause of such dramatics, what is troubling you so much with this?”

she snapped “ I have never missed my time! Never! any of your girl hood friends have never had sex so have had no reason to frat.”

“wait you don’t mean you think I could have? Lynda no, clear your mind I am not on the thrown right now because I can not produce an heir. The last of sun light or some such has probably pushed your body out of balance.” I hugged her close and she nodded against me.

“I think I would like to try on my dress but if I miss another month you must take this seriously.” she gave me a determined look that I didn’t want to challenge

“Agreed, I will take that time to think up an option and we will take good care of you. I hope you know if it’s ever in my power I will care for you. I hope you can see that by the work I put in to your dress.”

“yes, it is lovely thank you, I am sorry I worried but you do understand how bad that would be for everything?” she looked like the world was crashing down on her.

“oh yes, it perfectly explains your mood. how awful.” just the thought of how mixed up that could be had my head spinning a little. 

We celebrated the next day but it was more somber then our previous joy. 

The next month both crowded and flew by and Lyndas months were nowhere to be seen. So at the end of the month with Lynda fully emotionally withdrawn. I gathered my self to do what I had only done once. I took the dagger from its hiding spot and banged on the big mettle cell door. Hard determined knocking just before dinner. There was a commotion and the commander came to the door. I had dressed in what I had hoped was my most authoritative outfit. So when he pulled back the small slat so he could see if their was some kind of peril and seeing only me standing their tried to command “prisoners are not to be interacted with we do not care for your wants.”

 I pictured Primrose when she dressed down silly men who stood in the way of our villages well being I mixed in James complete command of all that was his “I assure you, you will! The wrath that will come crashing down on this place if you do not fallow the exact letter of my instruction will put any penalties for this one brief conversation will be as a gentle breeze on your face. I have been nothing but a good tenant here I have made you and your mens lives easy. I hope to continue that however that may be in jeopardy and neither of us may fix this. So you will have a trusted man go with All hast to sir James and to instruct James to lose the key to this door before he makes his way here with out any suspicious as hast will allow. that is all that you are required to do get Jame here Without the key!”

The commander was a reasonable man so considered for a moment “I make no promises but you have been good to us so i will consider it.” he slid the slat closed again.

In the middle of the night a dark rider made its way with more heist then I had dared to hope for, out of the fortress and to James. I woke Lynda “I have started your protection I do not know if this will work but I need you to believe that there is a chance all will end well.” she nodded snuggle close and went back to sleep.

she slept a lot and didn’t eat many of the things on the try as they made her sick. Three long weeks later a rider arrived and after the proper amount of time for introduction and making their way to the cell door the slat opened and James stood there I was overcome with emotion but as another month had passed and Linda was convinced she was starting to show my emotions had to take a very back seat.

“James this conversation is for you alone if some one hears and something happen to you then our country will pay.” James took my meaning and cast away the solder that had accompanied him.  

“we are alone what causes you to make such declarations and requests? it could be my standing if the crown finds out i came to visit you!”

I spoke with him as I had seen other men to plainly and with fact “James If I had an heir what would that mean?”

he mad a number of puffing and sputtering noises then checked  himself enough to say “I know you wish to leave here but you also know you can never have children you are incomplete so could not have a heir.” he’s words and attitude was full of a sick petty.

I swallowed my pride and called out “Queen Lynda please come forth and meat the crown garden of the first born child of King Miles.”

Lynda made her appearance this morning glowing from the rose cheeked flush of not being able to keep down he breakfast she held her stomach to her accenting the swell of her new figure. “it is a pleaser to meat you Sir James I have herd nothing but good things of you and your duty raising my only companion. please forgive me I and not well.” she curtsied and made her to the bed. 

“I ask you again James and this time I will be plain. If I truly have an heir then Am I King?” 

he sputtered again unable to digest what I was telling him. so I pressed on “Jame with your authority you are now honor bound to protect my child and Queen Lynda. You have my command to make what moves are necessary to keep us safe till a child comes you will know when to contact her country so we may have her army promised at my birth when Our wedding contracts were singed.”

“the child will be ioagitamet” he squeaked the only thing that’s brain would bubbled out of his mouth 

“Incorrect as the wedding was done by the appointed clerics  and that monarch never touched her and with the child’s conception I would be the rightful king then and she my wife.”

“I, I don't know this is a lot this is civil war this is a coo… this is this is a miracle. The country is in in shambles Sam. I will try.”

“Is the key safe and lost?” that was my biggest worry at the moment.

“yes I am the only one that knows were it is and will keep it that way.” he tried to look past me so I stepped to the side so he could see the sleeping Queen. “how long do I have?”

“We think four months we are a good half way though before I considered contacting you. I recognize this is going to take some doing but I know her family will support this, take this.” over the almost year she had been in confinement she had again and again embroidered all her family’s names on scraps of fabric so I handed one of them and a few of the jewels “I have faith in you let us fix this country.”

he mad a uncomfortable face like he was weighing me against my brother “then your job is to transform your self into something that looks like a king, I can not do this with you in dresses. Also take care of her if not a child then then she is ill and you have forsaken her to be with out care for hiding the kay.”

“she has my undivided care, I fear not for her as long as we are kept safe here, you must check with the commander that we are safe no matter what.”

“Is there anything else I should know they will not allow another conversation?”

“no you have my faith. you are the one that taught me to trust your people so now I am.”