Today is Athanasia's coming out of age ceremony so you wanted to be there for her but you couldn’t bare the stares of nobles, all looking at your belly and whispering among themselves, so you decided to excuse yourself and go to the lake that is not far away from palace.

You heard footsteps behind you and your gaze meet with blue eyes of the man that you spend one passionately night with.

“The baby is mine, isn’t she?” Claude. The emperor. Your best friend’s father said while looking at you.