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Her husband picked her up and ran to the bathroom. She would spend the rest of the evening hunched over the bowl. “I suppose I have nine months of this.”
    “Not really. It’s supposed to go away after the fifth month.”
    “Fifth month?” she groaned miserably. “So much for birth control.”
    “I’m not sorry.”
    “Good,” she gasped once she could breathe. “Because you’ll be changing all the diapers.”
    “Leigh,” Sebastian soothed. “It’s okay. Dad’s not angry.”
    She shook her head. “I don’t know if I’m ready to be a mother. I just became a wife.”
    Sebastian kissed her cheek. “You’ll do fine. I’ll help you.”
    “You better.” She didn’t want to get up, but Sebastian insisted. He carried her to bed and undressed her. “Where’s Dad?”
    “He went downstairs for coffee. I think he’s feeling guilty.”
    Ashleigh sighed. “So what’s the castle like?”
    “Cold and drafty. You’ll love it.”
    She patted the bed beside her. “Come here.”
    Sebastian stretched out and took his wife in his arms. “Do you want to know what we’re having?”
    “No,” she murmured drowsily. “I want to be surprised.”
    He grinned and kissed her hair. “Okay.”
    Damien came back and found his children in bed, arms wrapped lovingly about the other.
    He sat back and chuckled to himself, wondering if he should tell Kate. But he thought better of it. “I’ll let the baby tell her for me.” He stayed until morning and let them see him off.
    Later when Kate gazed upon their first grandchild, Damien saw her eyes were wet with tears.
    “I thought you were happy for them,” he admonished gently.
    “I am,” she laughed. “I am.”

 

 

 

 
     

The King's Mistress
    A TUDOR EROTIC ROMANCE
     
    Chapter 1
     
     
    Everything had to be perfect. The entire kitchen was in a state of excitement as more and more detailed instructions arrived on crumpled parchment from the powers upstairs. Delicious smells emanated from sizzling pans on the stove, herbs were being frantically chopped, and the kitchen was buzzing with excited chatter. With only six hours until the feast began, everybody was tripping over each other in their haste to get things done, and those in charge were noisily calling out demands to the lesser servants. Having only arrived in court the week before, Beth was not yet familiar with the routine of the kitchen, but was eager to impress and make herself useful. Having grown up in the local orphanage, once Beth was old enough to leave she had been allowed to stay on to help care for the children in exchange for meals and a bed at night. Only a month ago, a position in the kitchens at the Tudor Court had become available, and the nuns at the orphanage had encouraged her to take the position, knowing that she needed a change of scene. No doubt the nuns had also been aware that at the orphanage Beth would have had little chance of finding a husband. Beth had been so excited about taking the position at court, and today was an extraordinary day. Every counter was overflowing with exotic foods: stuffed birds of every variety, tiny intricate sweetmeats, and bowls laden with ripe fruit. Beth had never seen anything like it, and couldn’t believe that it was only that morning that the feast had been announced. The King’s news would be sweeping the country by now, and Beth felt proud that she was part of this exciting moment in history. The Queen, Catherine of Aragon, was with child again.
    Beth could clearly remember the events of the previous year. Like so many others, she had cheered in the streets at the marriage of the handsome King of England and his new wife Catherine. Then, a mere four months later, Beth had wept with the rest of the country when Henry and Catherine’s first child was stillborn. Today though, everything had changed, with the official announcement that Catherine was once again expecting a baby. There had of course been unofficial kitchen gossip about the