~EMILY~
"What do you mean you're pregnant, Emily?" my mother demands from me. "We did everything in our power to make Arthur and his family believe that you cannot have children; what the hell were you thinking? Do you even know the mess you've brought upon yourself?"
I look away from my mother's chilling glare. I didn't want to disappoint my family; it was the last thing I wanted to do. This alliance between Arthur and I was essential to our family; now, I did the one thing that could count as treason.
"You know what you must do, " my father finally speaks for the first time since I broke the news to them. "You must make them believe that the child is Arthur's. Instead of causing a disaster for our family, this will, in turn, make things better for us. We were becoming worried with the
