Chapter 45 - Teaser! (Patreon)

Still polishing chapter 45.  Interestingly, the sex scene you all have been expecting got a little bit away from me and I decided to tell it entirely from Diana's perspective, so I think that should be an interesting twist on my normal writing.  I should be able to publish it tomorrow or Sunday.

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The White Drawing Room. Buckingham Palace. United Kingdom.

“Do you know why she’s called for us, Charles?” Diana asked, sounding unsure, as they walked through Buckingham Palace to get to their meeting. “It’s not often we get a summons to her weekly meeting with the Prime Minister, especially an unscheduled, emergency meeting. Do you think it has to do with him, Admiral Gothic, and the revelations he made to the world?”

“I do not rightly know for sure, Diana,” Charles brusquely replied, as he so often did these days as their relationship continued to worsen and become strained. “As there is little else of importance going on, I imagine that it is quite likely.”

His rebuke made her suppress any follow up questions, used to the way he talked to her these days. Coming to the large, elaborate, mirrored doors of the White Drawing Room, she nodded in acknowledgement to the royal guards who opened the doors for them to enter. Waiting inside was John Major, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland, as well as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Charles Price, II. The latter man was someone she’d met many times before at dozens of social events over the years since he’d been appointed to the post. Both men promptly stood as they entered the room, the Queen still noticeably absent.

“Your Royal Highnesses, hello, thank you for coming at such short notice,” the Prime Minister immediately greeted, shaking Charles’ hand then her after bowing.