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Katharine had blushed red at her h she was better educated than most in who had never spent time around men, save her father, brother, and the male servants

Anne watched Katharine run out onto the green and beyond and groaned The child had been a thorn in her side since the day she was born Later births tended to be easier and quicker, but not in Katharine’s case The labor had been intense, extremely painful, and had lasted well beyond 14 hours Katharine had been an unhappy baby and only ever stopped crying when Edward held her

Perhaps Anne was jealous The time, love, and attention Edward lavished upon Katharine was unnatural and downright irritating Edward loved all of his children, but had never been close to any of them – not even his heir, Charles

Charles had always been a slow child He had never been interested in his studies and always needed tutors and more tutors to pass simple courses that Katharine could have excelled at in her sleep

Edas extremely proud of his “Kat,” as he called her She was a beautiful young woolden-blonde hair, and blue eyes that dazzled with knowledge and youth She had inherited them from a past ancestor said to be the mysterious Rosamunde herself

Aileen hustled downstairs into the servant’s dining roo about and brushed right past them

“What seems to be the proble maid

“Aye, ‘tis nothing Just another spat ‘tween Lady Kat and her mother,” Aileen told the sweet old cook as she took her seat at the table

Ms Baxter nodded in understanding and seated herself at the head of the table

Long ago, Edward had begun calling Katharine “Kat” and so in ti her station Lord Edward never repri her by the nickname and secretly enjoyed it Since then, everyone called her Lady Kat except for Anne She loathed the nicknahter Lady Katharine, except for the occasions when her temper was raised and her voice would dip low and she would ask to speak with her daughter

When she was angered, Anne would ask for Katharine in a low tone that would give an outsider chills She would ask the closest servant to, “bring Katharine Elizabeth Rosamunde Fairfax to ht before her mother to endure whatever punishment was in store