Chapter 51 Part 2, Deeper Confessions

• "Though what, Hector?" she squeezed his hand. "Did you discover anything?"
• Hector nodded. "I've never told anyone. I thought it would only cause pain and nothing else, because the king in the early years was waiting for her to come back. He hoped that she would somehow miraculously escape death and return to him. I don't know if he is still waiting for her. He stopped talking about her, but neither did he put another woman by his side. A few years ago, while I was in the woods hunting, I found the bones of an animal. They hadn't moved at all because they were somehow held by the animal's fur. Although the condition was bad due to the years that had passed, one could easily recognize that it was what was left of a horse. Its fur was discolored, but something inside me told me that it was the queen's mare. I looked around to see if I could find anything else... you know…."
• “Please, stop”. Skye covered her eyes with her hands, “Yes, yes I know. But you didn't find anything because otherwise you would say so, right?”