@trulyloved​,  continued.
     he hadn’t loved her; katheryn knew she would’ve been a fool to think he did. no, her marriage had been strategic. she was the key to bringing the howards back among their peerage falling the fall of anne boleyn. funny how similiarly their fates her befallen them. she sighs softly, glancing away from jane.
     “how does it feel the be the one he truly loved?” a query, and katheryn almost want to swallow the words as soon as their spoken. “at least that’s a legacy to be proud of. i don’t have that.” history painted her as a wanton, teenage harlot, the less interesting beheaded in the rhyme. a sigh. “i don’t think any of the men in my life truly loved me. but it took dying to realize that.”
