The Queen's Choice
- Authors
- Emilie Jacobsen
- Publisher
- Emilie Jacobsen
- Tags
- medieval , fantasy , queen , women , love , dilemma , pregnancy , in-fertility , arranged marriage , king , war , sibling relationship
- Date
- 2022-05-31
- Size
- 0.26 MB
- Lang
- en
"Her brother Gustaf stopped mid-sentence in the middle of the stables, looking first surprised, then angrily at the man beside Maria.
"Your Majesty," he said, with the slightest possible bow that he could manage.
"Lord Helmholdt," the man replied, his tone as cold as Gustaf's. Standing so close to him, Maria could feel how he physically reacted to Gustaf being there. From being relaxed his body was tense and he had straightened his back as soon as he had seen him.
Maria looked from one to the other for a moment, not understanding at first.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. I had no idea," she said, confused.
"Well, neither did I," the man said angrily and quickly left the stables. Maria watched him go. This wasn't how she had imagined meeting her future husband for the first time."
Having lost a battle to his cousin Gustaf Helmholdt, pretender to the throne, King Jonathan has to marry Lord Helmholdt's barren sister Maria. He reluctantly...