DKing:
Alexander Christopher Leopold Matthew (19)
DQueen:
Mirabelle Lily Sophia Elizabeth Sarah (19)
IllegitimateSon:
Duke Wyatt Alexander Christopher Lyle (2)
DPrincess1:
Cecelia Lily Mirabelle Caroline
From the
Royal House of: Glorian
In the Kingdom of: Fairlin
Within only a few months of their becoming king and queen,
Alexander and
Mirabelle found out they were expecting a baby! They were both so happy, especially since the bandit-raids in the west seemed to have come to an end. Everything seemed like it was going to be wonderful, until an old flame of
Alexander's from before he met
Mirabelle came to them. Lady
Carolina, like
Mirabelle, was a very minor lady. She was only eighteen when she and
Alexander had their brief romance, but she had already been widowed for over a year.
Alexander had only just turned sixteen and things went faster and farther than they should have. He had told
Mirabelle about
Carolina, but what neither of them expected was for her to show up shortly before their child birth with a two-and-a-half year old son in tow. From the moment they laid eyes on him,
Mirabelle and
Alexander both knew that this was his child--Wyatt
Alexander Christopher Lyle is the spitting image of
Alexander.
Carolina explained that she had not wanted to damage his relationship with
Mirabelle, which is why she had never told him about
Wyatt. But recently she found out that she has no choice; she is dying of a tumor in her neck, and she has no other family to take care of him. She didn't ask that
Wyatt be made prince or even that
Alexander publicly ackowledge him as his son, just that he take care of him.
Alexander, astounded that he had a son and hurt that
Carolina had not told him when she found out she was pregnant, wanted to be part of his son's life now that he knew about him but was afraid that
Mirabelle would be hurt by it. So he was surprised when
Mirabelle came to him and said that she thought they should take
Wyatt. She was a little hurt and jealous that she was not giving birth to
Alexander's first child, but she did not blame
Alexander or
Carolina, and certainly not
Wyatt. "Your son needs his father, and very soon he's going to need a mother as well. I'm willing to be that for him," she said.
Mirabelle even suggested that
Alexander publicly acknowledge
Wyatt as his son. "It will be less of a scandel if you own up to it than if we try to hide it and someone finds out later," was her logic.
Carolina was extremely grateful when
Alexander and
Mirabelle told her what they had decided. She knew he could not rule, as Fairlin's laws say an illegitimate child cannot rule if a legitimate heir is produced, but that was never her worry.
Alexander and
Mirabelle spent
Carolina's last weeks getting to know and love
Wyatt. She passed away a few weeks before a beautiful little princess was born. The entire kingdom celebrated this birth and the continuation of the Glorian bloodline.
Mirabelle and
Alexander named her
Cecelia for the patron saint of music, since
Mirabelle swore she sang like a bird when she cried,
Lily Mirabelle after the queen, and
Caroline for
Carolina, who they both agreed to honor for
Wyatt's sake. The revelation of
Wyatt caused a stir in the kingdom, but it was more of pity for the whole sad situation than anything else; the kingdom was willing to forgive the popular young king for his youthful indescretion.
Alexander and
Mirabelle considered making him a prince, but in the end decided it might be too much to soon, so they have made him a duke, at least for now.
Alexander and
Mirabelle adore their sweet daughter, and
Alexander adores
Wyatt as well.
Mirabelle, to everyone's admiration, loves him as well and treats him like her own.
This message was edited 7/21/2010, 6:19 AM