#thereignofadaline

[hrhisobel-blog]

@thereignofadaline​

           Isobel cooed at the baby she held in her arms, gentling rocking the boy as she brushed a free finger across his soft cheek. Smiling, she looked up past the bundle in her arms, who’s hands were waving as he tried to grasp her fingers, to his mother laying in the bed next to them. “He is beautiful,” Isobel said with a soft smile, her voice almost a low hum as to not disturb the tiny human. 

    Moving the free hand away from little Teddy’s face, she grabbed Ada’s hand with a beaming smile. “Look at the beautiful son you have had, meine liebste! I always knew you would have beautiful children, but you have quite outdone yourself here Ada,” Isobel teased with good nature. Gently, she pressed a kiss to the infants head, trying not giggle much like the ladies in waiting had been around the child. It seemed little Teddy was already charming all he looked at with his big round eyes. “And I promise to spoil him beyond compare, as godmothers do,” Isobel said in mischievously.

[clothofgcld-blog]

“You fainted, straight into my arms. You know, if you wanted my attention, you didn’t have to go to such extremes.”

“I apologize. As your dear friend can attest, usually it’s the other way around. I’ll be ... I’ll be fine in just a moment.”

[clothofgcld-blog]

“Hey! I was gonna eat that!” (Henriette)

“Really? The one pastry I reached for was the one you had set your heart on? ... was it because it was the last strawberry?”

[lilyoflorraine-blog]

❝ Never forget who you are, and the great name that you bear. ❞

“I am the lily of Lorraine, after all. But I admit to doing a little forgetting, particularly when the one who is causing me to forget is so very beautiful ... that will be between you and I, of course.”

[lilyoflorraine-blog]

❝ When I was a girl, I thought I was destined for greatness. ❞ (Henriette)

“Oh, how charming! We must all have dreams, my dearest girl. When I was your age, which was not so very long ago, you know, I believed I was destined to tread the stage ... you can imagine how quickly that little notion was put to bed!”

[hrhisobel-blog]

❝ I wish there were no sides. ❞

           Isobel looked away from Adaline in that moment, holding her hand up slightly to her mouth as to not betray any emotion she knew her friend would catch immediately. Her crown sat heavy on her head, and finally Isobel pulled away her hand, looking back at her best friend. “Me too Ada, me too.” It felt like a chasm between them, something she had never felt before, but here they were…on two different sides of a war. 

[queenalethea]

❝ Everything’s gone according to plan, as I said it would. ❞ (Henriette)

“I do believe that it has” Alethea replied with a laugh. “I confess I did not have as much faith as I should have. I shall be sure to remedy that next time”.

[arthurcfengland-blog]

❝ How will I live without you? ❞

“And how will I without you?” He hummed, bending down to look her in the eye, his hands clasped around her upper arms. “I hate this as much as you do, my love, but not even the King of England can change how confinement works. Just think, I will be as miserable as you will be.”