Grace awakened feeling horrible.. She was brought food, two plates, everyday since she found out the truth. She was far from normal and hated the feeling. And like Lucy had predicted, she spent most of her time with the chamber pot.. She took a few bites of her food before she felt the same feeling in her body. She felt hot all over and nauseous. She covered her mouth and ran to the chamber pot.. She threw up and Michael was beginning to get worried. He rubbed her back and dabbed her neck with a cool wet towel.

Michael: Everything will be alright Grace..

He said as he held her close. He wiped her mouth as her body weakly laid into his.

Grace: I wish everything was like it used to be..

She said as she began to slip away into a deep slumber.

Michael: And how did they used to be?

Grace: Me.. I am your servant.. The fancy language I use.. I do not want this..

Michael: What Grace?

Grace was gone and Michael began to wake her. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head. She hadn't had a good night's rest in days.. He had awoken her and the first thing out her mouth was what she didn't have the chance to say.

Grace: The baby..

Michael: The.. The baby? You do not want our baby?

Grace shook her head. He would never understand her. She didn't want a child if it caused all this troubled for the next few months.. She wanted to be normal again and wished she hadn't opened her mouth at all. She wished she never had feelings for him in the first place. She wished they never would've laid with one another. She wished.. She wished she never knew him..

Grace: No..

She said after a while. Michael's heart shattered.

Michael: Why not?

He asked quietly with concern. Grace looked at him with tired eyes and tired to fight the sleepiness.. But then she threw up again once she shoved him away from her.. Once she calmed down, she hovered over the chamber pot and began to speak.

Grace: It hurts.. Suffering.. I hate it..

She panted as she began to spit up the nastiness of the taste that lingered in her mouth. Michael covered his face with his hands and wanted to cry.. But he didn't.. He refused to.

Michael: Grace.. There is nothing more to do.. I love you and I want this baby. Please.. If I cannot have you, at least allow me to have a child by you..

Grace continued to look down at the pot..

Michael: Show me your eyes..

She didn't budge. Michael was saddened by her spirit.

Michael: Grace.. Thine eyes a wondrous beauty. Which sharp diamonds they appear to be.. My lovely Grace, if there is no you, where is me? Woe as my soul if I lose you. A deep cut in my heart if you never come back. My lovely Grace, please.. Never, ever turn your back..

He said as he pulled her onto him. He looked down at her and dabbed her face with a cool towel before kissing her head while Lucy & Alice were dealing with hell..

Lucy: You shall not sleep with the royal family!

Alice: I can and I shall!

Lucy: You cannot continue this way!

Alice: Why not?

Lucy: Because I am your mother!

Alice became quiet for a while and then spoke..

Alice: And such an imprudent excuse I must have for a mother.. You have no clue who my father is..

Alice was strucken with the evilness of her actions which caused a stinging sensation across her cheek. Alice sat down in shock and had no words to depart from her lips.

Lucy: You think you know me.. You think you are high and mighty spreading your legs for an imbecile.

Alice: He is no imbecile! You are you foul wrench!

She was slapped again and Lucy stared at her with death engraved into her eyes.

Lucy: I never thought this day would come so soon.. Alice.. You are a Jackson.. You are of royal blood..

Alice: What?

Lucy put her hand on her lips and began to cry.

Lucy: Your father is the King.. The King & I had something going on.. I as like Grace and I was wooed by his charming looks. His gentle character was irresistible and then.. He took his chance..

Alice: Explain..

Lucy sighed.

Lucy: When the Queen went to visit her sickly father, the King was very lonely.. I brought him his breakfast and one morning, he took me by the hand and said such unforgettable words..

She told her everything and by the time she had finished, she was in tears. Lucy was a mess and Alice couldn't believe her ears.

Alice: So.. I have slept with my brother?

Lucy nodded in dismay.

Alice: I am carrying my brother's baby! How could you not tell me? Have you no sense?

Lucy: I have tried! You would never listen!

Alice: Telling me to stay away says nothing. Why must I be treated any different than my brothers or sisters? The King and you are truly meant for each other.. You both do what is best for you. Perhaps is you would have told me whom he was, I would not have been pregnant with his child! My brother's own child! Such insolent fools I live with!

She screamed as she stormed out of the room. She was truly upset. How could this occur? Lucy was left in despair while Alice didn't know what to do or who to turn to. She was pregnant by her brother and couldn't bare to see him.. Nor after that news. Her am very began to build but she did nothing. She hated them.. She hated the Jacksons'.. Even if she was a half blood.

Michael: Breathe my beautiful love.. Breathe the life of two for me.

Michael said softly as he gently touched Grace's face.

Michael: Sleep now.. You need your rest and when your eyes receive the dawn of a new day.. I shall be there.

He kissed her forehead and held her close before falling asleep.. He had an eerie dream.. Meanwhile, Jermaine Sat in his room astonished as to what had just happened. Lucy had dragged Alice out of bed and hadn't looked back at him. Alice never came back either. He waited, basically naked in the sheets of the bed in his room. His bare chest was cold and his back ached but he said not one word.. Finally, the door was knocked on.

Jermaine: Come in..

Alice entered with her head down.

Alice: Prince LaJune..

Jermaine: Prince LaJune? Prince LaJune? Alice! You know me better than this! Why have you addressed me this way? Call me whom I am to you.

Alice: You are the Prince.. And my brother..

Jermaine was astonished as to what he has just heard.

Jermaine: What?

Alice: Prince LaJune.. You are my brother..

Jermaine: H-how? What has revealed this to you?

Alice: Lucy.. She slept with the King the year your grandfather fell ill and had me.. We are blood and now I have been left in the disgrace of having my brother's baby..

She said in tears as she looked down with her head in her hands. Jermaine sat in despair and then went to her. He stood there for a while before he pulled her body into a tight and loving hug. Alice couldn't believe what was happening and looked up at him. She saw his loving eyes looking down at her.

Jermaine: Alice.. My love, I shall never leave you. Love has captured our hearts and spoiled our minds. I shall not abandon our child and whether you shall be my sister or not, I did not know before.. I shall still marry you and you shall be my Queen forever. I love you and I always will.. Please.. Do not let this baby be any shame to you.. To us.. Alice, I love you.

Alice: Prince LaJune..

She said surprised but he shook his head.

Jermaine: Jermaine..

He said before he kissed her passionately. Alice broke the kiss and backed away from him.

Alice: J-Jermaine.. No.. We cannot go on this way.

Jermaine: I do not care Alice. You are the only one I love. Please.. Marry me.

Alice: No Jermaine.

He pulled her close to him and she began to fight him.

Alice: No! Jermaine! I.. I cannot be with you!

Jermaine: Why Alice? Have you lost your love for me? Have you lost the attitude of not caring about what others say about our love?

Alice: And so what if I did? We have been wrong since we began!

They were silent for a while.

Jermaine: Give me one more chance.. I want this day to show you my love.. Alright? Actually.. No one has to know.. We can run away. We can go and be happy. I know you dream of it too, Alice.

Alice: Jermaine.. You are my brother..

Jermaine: But I am your lover. More your lover than a brother. I would die without you.

Alice: Jermaine..

Jermaine: No, no, no.. Please..

He took her hands into his.

Jermaine: Stay with me.. You are the source of my love.. Stay..

He began to kiss her repeatedly as she tried to decline him.

Alice: No Jermaine.. I.. I cannot stay..

Jermaine: Stay with me.. Please..

He mumbled against her neck. Alice couldn't fight it any longer and let him have his way. The palace had just began to crumble and unravel its dark web of secrets.