[ Except Mako was the one who persuaded him to accept it, to marry her because she knows he would be torn between duty and love if she doesn't speak up -- Mako's job is to make things easier for him, because Raleigh has always ever been a good king, and she doesn't want to be the one who changes that.
She knows he's been miserable, that he had gone into this union unwillingly, and when he comes back into his chambers while she's dressing, she simply bows her head, just a little, in response. He looks guilty, and she knows exactly why; she knows, too, that he has nothing to be ashamed about. It is their lot in life, isn't it, that Mako is never to enjoy a marriage with Raleigh, to never be his wedded wife and queen, that any child of his borne by her would be a bastard even if he has royal blood flowing in his veins.
Perhaps it's all for the best that she hadn't been able to bear him any children ever since they became lovers, especially now, when Mako has a new queen to contend with; and it's not unheard of for jealous queens to poison the children of their husband's lovers -- no woman takes kindly to the spawn her husband has with his mistress.
Only this time, Raleigh was hers first. She reads his guilt, and seeks to dispel it, and she gently responds with three words no one would have the balls to say to the king. ] Come over here.
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She knows he's been miserable, that he had gone into this union unwillingly, and when he comes back into his chambers while she's dressing, she simply bows her head, just a little, in response. He looks guilty, and she knows exactly why; she knows, too, that he has nothing to be ashamed about. It is their lot in life, isn't it, that Mako is never to enjoy a marriage with Raleigh, to never be his wedded wife and queen, that any child of his borne by her would be a bastard even if he has royal blood flowing in his veins.
Perhaps it's all for the best that she hadn't been able to bear him any children ever since they became lovers, especially now, when Mako has a new queen to contend with; and it's not unheard of for jealous queens to poison the children of their husband's lovers -- no woman takes kindly to the spawn her husband has with his mistress.
Only this time, Raleigh was hers first. She reads his guilt, and seeks to dispel it, and she gently responds with three words no one would have the balls to say to the king. ] Come over here.