“I know it is impossible. You have said it yourself—no one in their right mind would love me. And I agree. But I wished to have a queen who, even briefly, might look at me in something other than disgust and greed. I chose a mortal whose eyes glittered in fascination and terror, instead. She would come to hate me in time, despise me like all the others, but at least…for a time, I thought perhaps I might win her.”
