Theodore Wilson Gentry was born in the wee hours of the morning, a healthy baby boy, he was named after his grandfathers, Andrew and his wife was so happy, and sad at the same time, they couldn't tell anyone of their joy because the Lord of the manor was mourning, the sad news borne to them, and the entire village. ... so he decided to keep the joy within his household, the house he lived and everything he had, was given to him by the Duke, so he was so respectful, honest and loyal to him...
"You can't tell anyone of this good news, he said to the mid wife after she announced the good news to him and was about to leave, this should be kept between us!, he warned her, before giving her a coin, for her services, she took it and went away, and he sighed, this was a good news he wanted to share with his best friend and lord, the Duke, but he wished he could, knowing deep down that he couldn't, he couldn't expect him to be happy for him, when a bad omen rested on his son, his beloved son, he went inside to see his wife and he saw her nursing their little boy, holding him in her arms, he went to her, stroking her hair, telling her how grateful he was, and how brave and beautiful she looked... she was a pretty lady, of low status she was the daughter of a merchant, and although her family were rich, she wasn't a spoilt brat, when her father was killed by bandits, her mother followed the year after unable to bear the loss of her husband.. making her an orphan with some money and a lot of enemies,, Philip saved her life, when she was surrounded by lots of enemies attacking her home, when he happened to be on the road, and close to that place, he took her in as his guest, after hearing of her touching story and having no protection from any family members, and since he was so smitten by his wife, he didn't want her for a wife or mistress, then Andrew had tried for her hand, and she favoured him, out of the many men who had tried their hardest to win her over.., although it took him over one summer, to do so, he thought about how she gave him so much trouble, and he asked her to marry him once and she turned him down, he was confused as to why a lady who had been intimate with him, and he had taken her maiden head, will reject him.., then he tried to forget her, even if was impossible, he tried his hardest, then to his surprise she asked him to marry her after some months, he was the happiest and they wedded,
Philip, his best friend and lord gave him a house, and land, for him and his house hold, and he was happy, as he was the last son of a baron, that was as good as he expected to ever get from life, with his little inheritance as well, so he was grateful to him and his beautiful wife, that's why he had to keep the birth of his son a secret, so he won't be sad, because he knew he was going to be happy for him no matter what, even if it broke him.. ...
Lady Anne woke up, she wasn't sleeping at the fist place, so she turned her head, to enable her look out side the window, it was still dark but she knew it will be dawn soon, she disentangled herself from her husband, seeing how deeply he slept, she was grateful to her god, he slept too peacefully, she went to put on her riding habit, and she decided to were a black cloth, as it represented her heavy heart, she didn't sleep a wink, because she was so sad, and tired, her bundle of joy was called a curse in front of everyone, she had to confirm, from the woman whom she had heard of before, from women in the village, when they whispered about her vision, and great powers she know her servant, Tessy, from when she was little would know about her, so she decided to confirm, she dressed as quietly as she could and thought on how to go and wake Tessy and without alerting the others, the day was breaking already, she could see the silver crack in the sky peeking out, she hurried and took one last look at her husband before running out of their bed chamber and shutting the door slowly, and quietly then she turned to run away...
Lady Anne ran outside and nearly screamed, she bumped into Tessy, who looked ready for an outing, she looked at her and smiled..
'My God! Tessy you nearly gave me a heart attack, lady Anne exclaimed looking at her, and holding her chest, to settle her beating heart "What are you doing here so early, she asked Tessy, in a hushed tone...
"Mi lady I have known you since I was a wee gal, I knew you would want to confirm. if your babe was really bad, and if the prophesy were true, Tessy said in a hushed tone as well..
"So you decided to wait for me, to come out, lady Anne asked her again and she nodded, lady Anne looked at her with so much gratitude shining from her eyes, thank you, she said to her, this means alot, more thank you think, she said,
"Nay, MI lady, you are so good ti me, she said in her poor English, and nodded to her leading the way to the stables, lady Anne followed her out, and climbed on the her favourite mare, after putting a saddle on it, she was in a hurry so she rubbed its nose in greeting and bent down to whisper to it, it was a white mare with beautiful mane, and it looked so gently and beautiful, her servant took another horse and quickly followed her, they rode through the gate, and towards the forest, it was dark so they had to keep their eyes open, the chickens crowed, and the birds chirped happily in the woods, lady Anne focused on the road, he eyes narrowed as she set her mare to jump over all obstacles, she had to get there and be back before her husband sent the search parties for her, she had to satisfy her mind. her baby kicked excitedly, and she wondered how he knew, motherhood was certainly beautiful, they rode for an hour before they got there,
The Hut before them was decorated in an eerie way, they had leaves and shells tired with root of trees surrounding the Hut, lady Anne stopped her horse in front as Tessy stopped beside her,
"MI lady are you sure you want to do this?, she asked her with a little bit of fear, "It may be dangerous and my lord may be angry at us, me especially, she said
"Don't worry about that, you can deny and say I roped you in, she said and looked at her, you will never be made to pay for my sins, she assured her then she looked back at the Hut..
"I have to do this!, I have to make sure for my baby, she said to Tessy quietly, who nodded and came down from her horse, holding the reins. she stretched her hands to help her lady down from the horse, then she held the reins and proceeded to tie the to a tree.
" I think I should head in alone, she said to Tessy,
"No mi lady, Tessy said shaking her head fervently, I won't leave you alone, she begged her....
Lady Anne stared at her, then nodded her consent, they walked inside the Hut in silence, Lady Anne leading the way, she was praying in her mind, let this bring forth good news, she prayed!