Reign of the Roses, Katie R Jamison [icecream ebook reader txt] 📗

  I sat kneeling at the end of my mother's bed,my head bowed.My prayer beads cleanched tightly in                          my hands.

My mother had caught a fever four days before.The psychians sent to treat her had told us that it will not be long now.Then my mother will me and I will be alone in this world.My father had died the month before from a riding accident.Soon I will be dependant on who ever the King,Henry VI decides my ward will be.

My father wasn't important enough for the King to be my ward,but he still had enough lands that the king will want someone that he can trust to be in control of it.

I looked up when my mother made a raspy noise deep in her throat.My gaze met her ladies maid Cathrine.Her face was pale,her eyes red and puffy from the silent tears she has let fall.She refused to leave us to get some sleep.Spending the past two days constanly by my mother's side,helping me nurse her.

My mother made another noise.Her hand lifted up reaching towards me."Alys," She whispered. "Alys my darling,I am so sorry."

Her hand dropped back down beside her.Her chest rose once more then was still.Cathrine burst out into tears.I just sat there,staring at my mother.Not believing that she was actually gone.

    My whole life would change now.My parent's gone.My cousin Richard of York was at war with with Henry VI and his French queen Margret of Anjou.

I could feel that big changes were coming to my life.I just didn't know what yet,I would soon though.

I was standing quietly in the main hall when Richard of York and a small group of men road into the courtyard below. I took a deep breath, letting it out slowly.

It has been two months sincle my parent's death.One month after I recieved a letter from the court stating who my ward would be. I was suprised to see that King Henry and appointed Richard of York as my ward. Especially after he had declared a right to the throne.

I brushed the front of my skirts and stood up straighter when the door opened to let him enter.

"My Lord, " I said as I curtsied. "Welcome to Blackmore Hall."

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Publication Date: 08-17-2013

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