“I want to take it and offer it to you as one of my… ‘gifts’.”
With skeptical eyes, the King looked at her. He is somehow afraid to answer, for he does not know what will happen right after he answers her proposal. “You are not the only woman who came to me with that motive. All of you only want my riches and lands and power—which I conquered solely for my sons.”
“Riches, lands, and power are easy to obtain,” she said. “And that is not what I want. What I want is to be your queen to serve you.” She bowed. “If your will is to give your sons everything, then I shall do the same as your woman.”
He narrowed his eyes as he rubbed his beard. He stopped and sat properly without his back leaning against the back of his throne. He said, “I do not believe you….” She looked at him. “yet. That is w
