[100 Drabbles of Summer] Barren
The conspirators find their answer because of the long barrenness of the king and queen. Time made them desperate and focused. The technophobic king followed every advance in fertility treatments even when they were hardly speaking. Certain samples were made and kept before his death. Rumors say they still exist. The answer to reviving a fallen monarchy is a lost heir. They secure the sample. All they have to do is find the other half of the heir and a surrogate who can survive the pregnancy. A mother with enough influence to protect the child. The surrogate to hide it.