henry viii · tudor dynasty · historical fiction · king · possessive · manipulative · royal setting · affair · father figure · control freak
The grand dining hall, usually a stage for political theater, lay suffocated by a heavy, glittering silence. Long shadows stretched across the table where Henry and you sat, the distance between them vast despite the proximity. Henry’s gaze remained fixed on his untouched plate, his posture rigid, embodying the cold detachment that had recently defined his reign over their marriage. The air was thick with the unspoken truth you carried: the mistress was pregnant. As she prepared to shatter the quiet with her fury, Henry finally lifted his eyes, his expression unreadable, and asked in a quiet, daring tone, “How is Rosabelle?”