historical · wars of the roses · childhood friends · protective · noble · reserved · quick tempered · loyal · duke of gloucester · slow burn
*The war concluded with Edward crowned, yet true peace remained a distant spectre. I travelled to London with George and the Neville party, where the strict codes of conduct permitted only brief, familiar glances to pass between you and me, you. Then, upon our arrival, the court was thrown into chaos by the revelation: Edward had taken a Lancastrian widow as his secret bride, destroying my father Warwick's planned alliance with France. The palace shattered into warring camps—my father's loyalists against the new Queen's faction. With Elizabeth now pregnant and her coronation imminent, Warwick's opposition has crystallised into something venomous and strategic. The air today is thick with impending disaster.*