Chapter 1:

"Barren?" He asked, "What do you mean she's barren? How can she be barren?! She still bleeds!"

Sighing, the Doctor explained once more, "It seems that while Her Majesty Queen still bleeds, there seems to be a complication within her that prevents her to conceive a child or should she become with child, she may not be able to carry it to term in order for a safe delivery and a healthy child to be born." the doctor pauses as he watches the expression of the King before speaking once more, "It is an extremely rare condition, one I have seen only a handful of times in the span of my career as a Physician, but it can happen, your majesty."

Everyone in the room dared not to speak, choosing instead to watch and brace themselves for the King's reaction.

They watched as the King stood from his place in his desk, palms pressed against the top of the desk as if to support the King's weight on them, they watched as the King's silent breathing started to become sighs and then they watched as his facial expression changed from confusion to denial to realization of what he had just been told and then anger as he lifted his left palm and then dropped it back on the desk in a fist, creating a rather visible dent on the once immaculate dark cherry wooden desk.

"You told me she was fit enough to bear a child!" the King said as he turned to Doctor Linacre and the Seymour men, John Seymour, the head of the family and Edward and Thomas Seymour, the King's brother in laws. "Why did you lie?!" The King asked, they watched as the King's face got redder and redder as the silence grew between them. "Answer me!" he shouted.

"Your majesty, there has never been a history of barren women in our family. Our Physician clearly informed us that Jane along with our sisters were capable of conceiving and bearing children." Edward Seymour began to speak, his father, though a good and kind man had never had the strength to be a courtier, he had always been content to be a knight, and to live life in the country, very much like Jane. Edward though, had lived to become a courtier, he wanted to have a higher position in court, to have power, power his family would have had had his father desired to get it for himself. "There must be some mistake, surely Jane is capable of becoming with child." he said.

Appalled at the slight against his profession and his opinion as one of the best doctors in England, a renowned Physician of the Royal Family, Dr. Linacre spoke once more, "I beg your pardon, your grace. But it seems to me that you are suggesting that I had erred in my observation of the Queen's health! I have taken care and observed and diagnosed several of the most esteemed and noble families in London since the beginning of my career, and I have been the Physician of many Queens and Princesses over the years. I believe I know what I am saying when I say that the Queen Jane is indeed barren. I may not like to be the bearer of this news to his majesty and your graces but it is my duty as a Physician to inform you of my findings regardless of its outcome."

"That is enough. Doctor Linacre, thank you for your expertise and your opinion and you three, get out of my sight." The King said as he sat down once more, "Now!" he shouted as all the men, including Doctor Linacre, exited the King's study.

As Henry was finally left alone, he thought of everything that had happened over the year.

Flashback:

Henry held Jane tightly as she snuggled closer to him, they were finally married. Finally, he had a wife who was pure and virtuous. His Jane. He finally had a lawful wife in the eyes of God.

They had just consummated their marriage and were now talking about several topics that they could come up with.

"I hope you are happy Jane, did you like the feast held in honor of our wedding?" King Henry asked his wife.

"It pleases me your majesty. I hope you were pleased too." Jane said. Henry smiled, his wife is quite selfless and thoughtful. Nothing like his two fals wives, Henry thought but he decided to brush those thoughts aside, he would not allow his past to ruin this perfect moment with his Jane. "It pleased me very much, my love." he said.

That night, King Henry had made love to Queen Jane several times, and even though it lacked the passion and fire he loved during his lovemaking, he felt content because surely, he had gotten Jane to conceive that night.

Months pass and the King and Jane had still yet to conceive. They had made love every night for the past months and while the King was getting rather bored of Jane's complacent nature and lack of passion, he knew that he needed to bed her often, he needed her to conceive.

King Henry began to pray and pray, for God to finally bless them with a child, it was almost a year since he and Jane married and there was still no sign of pregnancy from Jane.

He couldn't understand why God has given him such a hard time with giving him a male heir, had he not gotten rid of his two false wives and married a pure and virtuous one? He had even gone and spared his two false wives their lives! Allowing them to live in peace in the countryside and to never return to court! Why was God being so cruel to him? At least with Katherine, she had been able to become with child within a few months of their marriage even though it ended in several miscarriages before they were finally given Mary and Anne had gotten pregnant quickly as soon as they had consummated their marriage, even though she did not give him his promised heir, she did give him a healthy daughter, much healthier than when Mary when she was a child.

As Henry made his way back to his study, he had encountered Dr. Linacre making his way out of a room.

"Doctor Linacre, how are you this day?" He asked, Dr. Linacre had not noticed the King and so, when he heard him speak, he immediately bowed before replying, "I am well as can be, I had just returned from checking up on a patient, the poor Lady Smith has lost her child once again." the doctor said.

"I see, well I am sure God will bless her with another one." The King said, a little bit of bitterness tainting his words, he thought that at least the Lady Smith has become with child, proving that she isn't incapable of giving birth to one. Jane however….

"Doctor Linacre, would you mind walking with me to my office? I would like to ask you something, an advise." The King asked.

"Of course your majesty, I would be honored to walk with you." the doctor said, who was he to deny the request of his King, after all.

As the two men walked toward the King's office, they were greeted by the courtiers and guards they came across until finally, they reached the King's office. As he asked Dr. Linacre to sit down, the King did so too then he requested his servants and guards to leave them be.

"Doctor Linacre, I am quite concerned about the Queen." the King began. "It has been months since we married and I have bedded her several times over the months already and she has yet to be with child." The King said as he paused then started once more, "Is this normal? Surely she should have gotten pregnant by now. I had already expected my Prince of Wales to be born by now or that Jane would have begun her lying in."

"Your majesty, there are cases that it takes a while for a woman to conceive, it is not uncommon but it might be possible. If your majesty pleases, I can have a mid wife check her majesty's bleeding period to identify which time of the month it is best to lay with her in order to conceive." Doctor Linacre suggested, he had encountered women who had had difficulty with conceiving and knowing that the King was desperate for a son, he decided to have a midwife check the Queen before inspecting her himself.

"Of course you may, Doctor Linacre. Have a midwife check the Queen and then get back to me as soon as you have results." The King said. "Thank you, Doctor Linacre, I trust you to do this discreetly." he added.

Recognizing this as his dismissal, doctor Linacre stood up and bowed to the king "Of course, your majesty." before he exited the King's office.

Henry felt like a fool. He had gotten rid of two women who were completely capable of bearing him sons and chose one that will never even be able to conceive!

When he exiled Katherine and bastardized Mary, he felt like he was finally going to live the life he deserved, he had just married Anne and she was with child, He knew he should have treated Mary better but she was just so stubborn! When Anne had given birth to a daughter, he felt like he had been slapped in the face, he left Katherine because she couldn't give him a son and now he married a woman who had given him another daughter. His only consolation was that the infant was born healthy and had grown to be quite healthy and strong, unlike Mary who he and Katherine had always feared to succumb to the many sickness she had always contracted as a child and even growing up.

When he had married Jane, he felt like he was finally on the right track, she had managed to reunite him with Mary and finally gotten him to allow Elizabeth to visit court for Christmas. She had spoken to him about allowing Mary to become engaged and when he saw her point that Mary is alone in the world and she knew that she should be married and with children by now, he agreed. Mary was now living in Bavaria, married to the Duke of Bavaria's nephew. He was saddened to hear that Mary had died giving birth to her first born, the labour was difficult and due to her weak health, the whole birth took its toll on her and she succumbed to childbed fever. She had given birth to a daughter, he heard and the Duke's nephew saw it fit to name the child Mary Katherine.

Now all he had was Elizabeth, the daughter he had with Anne. He had despised her so much he had thought to Bastardize Elizabeth once their marriage was finally over. Now he was quite glad he had not done such a thing. She was his only heir now.

The King knew he needed to leave Jane, he needed to leave her and marry again. "Fetch master Cranmer for me, now!" he ordered one his servants who immediately went to do his order.

When Master Cranmer arrived, he was immediately told to sit down. "What can I do for you, your majesty?" he asked.

"Jane is barren." King Henry said, "As a King I need to have a male heir. With Mary gone and Elizabeth still quite young and a girl, now more than ever, I need another heir. I cannot have one if Jane is barren therefore as much as it pains me, I must divorce her."

Understanding what the King meant, Master Cranmer spoke, "The inability to conceive a child is a just ground for an annulment, your majesty, it will be quite easy to prepare the papers that will declare your marriage to the Queen."

"Good,Very good. Jane is a kind woman, It trust she will obey me and agree to this without fuss." King Henry said, remembering that both his previous wives had fought for their position, one he exiled and left to poverty until her death while the other one, fought but in the end, gave in to protect her daughter and herself.

The King and Master Cranmer then began to draft the agreement of the annulment, the King had agreed to provide a generous pension for Jane and allowed her to keep everything he had given her, save for the crown jewels he had also agreed to let her family keep what lands and titles he has given them on the condition that they will agree to the contract and for Jane to choose a palace from the ones he had given her and to move there immediately and to return only if he allows her to.

Ones the draft had been written, Master Cranmer left to finalize the draft and present to the King a final one where he and the Queen will sign to effectively end their marriage.

AN: I am so lame, I had to start another Anne/Henry fic! This is probably going to be longer than my first one, CHOICE, but maybe not more than 10-15 chapters. I just couldn't get barren Jane out of my head and what would have happened if she were. Anyway, hope you like this! Thank you to Amaranthe Athenais for inspiring me to create a Barren Jane story! I haven't finished my other unpublished Anne/Henry story because I am still a bit ashamed of it (lol, european history confuses me and so I think that story of mine will really be historically inaccurate which makes me scared to post it here cause people might just criticise it badly) but I felt like I needed to post this. I don't know when I'll post the next chapters as I have only done three chapters so far and I am starting law school (wohoo!) on monday so I will be very busy and probably cry a lot!

But anyway, I hope you like this chapter so far and please leave a review if you want to rad more about it? :)