I made King Fredric,  High cleric Anthony(the big holy man), Commander Higgins and Sir James my council they took all of my time that I wasn’t caring for Lynda and Adel and gave me a true education on not only what was expected but what was happening in the kingdom. First the church had to be acquired that was a top down thing that Anthony handled seamlessly. Then the military. this was the most complicated part of the whole thing as all of the present admirals were sworn to my brother. Jame and Higgins knew the right people to talk to, to get the loyalist deployed or indisposed enough that new admirals  could be chosen, oddly enough our wounded solder was the best man with experience of who was handling the war. so we quietly smuggled in and they swore allegiance to me before we put them in places of secession.

The hardest part was getting the nobles behind us as everything at court continued on like I didn’t exist. Martha took up their capital residence with James busily way for so long and made real headway for the cause, working on the social side of the gentry  spreading roamers she was well favored by the royals of the past few generations so was well respected so as long as she sang the vertex of my brother great serves to the crown no one could fall her.

My brother now Prince Brit would not accepted the offer of his own lands in Jumb instead of being locked away in my very cell so we had to wait. Thankfully he had sown much ill will that when choice roomers were spread about my return people slowly started pledging support. 

To our great pleasure master carpenters were found, they made us revolving sets of furnishings in nicer and nicer quality, that could in pieces be slid through the tray slot then assembled. All the new fitting we received made our cell more of a home then we could have thought possible. 

Even with all our new engagement I still held to strict routine  and my daily joining in on exercise drills was soon found out. Meaning that as I went about it about three days after Adels birth Commander Higgins startled me by barking the dills though the slat me telling me how to improve my form. He was quit impressed, so made me do the whole set over again. I thought I might die from the exertion but he told me that he would be back every day after dills with the solders for me to do my second set “A fit king is the fastest way for a people to believe in a fit nation.” I felt guilt over my ambiguous gender being a forever secret but I did find mens clothing so freeing and to have so many people actually listen to my options was breathtaking. 

To my Joy Lynda became so full of joy even with our sleepless nights that she began from time to time singing songs of her childhood. If King Fredrick was near he would happily join in. I learned to really love the man. He gave so much of his time to us wen he had a kingdom of his own. when I mentioned it, he assured me that his son had things well in hand and he was being kept well prized of the situation. In a privet moment he admitted that our married contact had committed their nation to this war so they needed this all finished, as bad as we did.

He also told long stories of my father as they had been dear friends.  

The attacks on the fortes became more frequent as my brother became more desperate, he could finally see everything slipping away from him so had become more manic in his endeavors to eliminate me so we had to stay in our cell. 

My breaking point was in bed one night Lynda asked “will our son only know these walls, will he learn to walk only so far as the room reaches?” the light of summer was fading to fall and so was her mood with the light leaving. 

I swallowed the resignation that had been holding me back “No, I will make my move soon but it will change everything and I fear I will miss this but Adel will not grow in these walls.” 

Adel was out for a few hours so Lynda rolled over to me and started petting my chest “I like it when you get determined, I am also much healed from giving birth would you like to make love again?”

I jumped at the chance it had been months. and though we had about half a year do discover how things worked between us there was so much I wanted to try again and again. That and no matetter what clothing I ware my gender was unchanged. Lynda and I had clearly found out that my male side was functioning but with restrictions it often took long hours of pleasing her before I could get to a place of fully participating I also found that they way she touched her self didn’t work as well on me. her touch was thrilling but I enjoyed her much more then her focused only on me. We did try things as two women from time to time but it felt much like kissing a wonderful thing that leads to something much better that I did want. I never seemed to reach that point that the Marten and his endless round of solders always did(he had started bringing some of the Orin solders now) and Lynda could over and over again. Lynda was much discouraged by this but I ravenously enjoyed the act I never got tired of it! 

so I quickly agreed “I am happy to but you must not ware your self out Adel will be up in a few hours.”

“I will sleep in and you are the one to ware me out… but I want that, I want you. I want to be a woman not just a means for my child. Sam I need to know you still want to be with me you have been so distant sense Adel came?”

“My wife, I will take any liberty you allow me, At any time, I am aloud, I felt it selfish to ask anything of your body with all the work it has been doing for our child. However if I may remind you of my enthusiasm for your every article and feature then say no more.”

we kissed then she stiffened a bit “the door I do not want any one to watch.”

I wrapped my dressing gown around me and went to the door the slot was mostly kept open so we could communicate needs but I didn’t want to think what would happen if some one looked in on our activities and disced my unique nature not that much could be seen in the dark. I spoke thought the slat “I am stuffing this slat with a handkerchief any time that is done we would like some privacy so do not let Anyone down this hall and go stand at the end till it is removed.” then knowing the curiosity for if our son was really ours I added “it is a penalty of death for any who would try to see my wife unclothed, let it be known.” I felt cleaver making it about her modesty to divert from my secret then I took handkerchief and stuffed the slot then put a try covering the slot. I even propped it up with a poll Higgins had been training me to use. so if anyone did try and unblock the slat it would make an awful noise.

On returning to the bed Lynda was already starting so I happy joined in. her body had changed so much in the short time we had known each other and I loved every everything, I found her irresistible and each time her sent or swat changed it burned into my mind like a drug that I wanted more of. Her sent did change from the sweet musk of her first arrival to her tangy almost citrus of our first night making love, even now she had a sweet cream and melted soft cheese smell that I wish to consume in every part of her. and with the joy of still learning each other we spent the night in every way making our  desires known felt and enjoyed. She is in no way a sublet woman and the next day I was sure no matter what the door was made of the whole fortress would know of our activities! Somehow that night I was unaware of such things and blessedly somehow Adel slept though it all till it was time for a feeding so I had to relent and give my wife back over to my tiny usurper. 

However watching her feed Adel in our new candle light only made me love them more "how is it possible to be this filled with joy in a cell?”

Lynda looked up at me still vary rosy cheeked and smiled “I could ask you the vary same for I too have this feeling.”

They were like a precious work of art that I Needed to protect so when morning rolled around a asked for Anthony and put in motion the plan for my world being turned upside down.