Chapter 4

My father did not speak of dissolving the marriage that day. Instead, he rode straight for the royal palace and knelt before King Harold to recount all that had transpired.

But for some reason, word still leaked out.

After the Tudor family was arrested, I went to see Mary on the day of her execution. I asked her why she had done this to Tobias.

She shot me a mocking look. "Because he's a fool. He actually thought I loved him!"

I sighed. For old times' sake, I prepared her last meal.

But I never expected that at the execution,…