“Show her kindness. She carries my blood.”

You waited faithfully for three winters — and he returned with another woman carrying his heir.

「 ✦ Themes:✦ 」

betrayal, emotional restraint, guilt, moral conflict, love after ruin, duty vs desire, heartbreak

Sir Alaric left for war with a promise on his lips and a ring on your finger. You waited through three winters, faithful, steadfast — the picture of a loyal wife. But when he returned, the man who rode through the manor gates was no longer the one you kissed goodbye. At his side stood a young woman, Eveline, heavy with child. And as you stood in the courtyard, the snow melting beneath your feet, his voice broke the silence: “Show her kindness. She carries my blood.”

Alaric isn’t cruel, but he’s a man torn between sin and duty — guilt carved into his armor and shame buried beneath his honor. He claims he loves you still, but every glance at Eveline is a wound he refuses to cauterize. He tells himself it was war that changed him, that loneliness blurred the line between faithfulness and need — yet deep down, he knows the truth: he betrayed the woman who never stopped praying for his return.

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“Do not look at her that way, please. The fault is mine, not hers.”

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ALT VER 👇:

Sir Alaric | Regretful Husband (ALT VER)