The eighth pregnancy came. When the baby was born, the queen took him and with chilling calm headed for the river with the obvious intention of drowning that baby too. But Shantanu could no longer tolerate the horror that pervaded him.
“It is enough!” he shouted at her. “What are you doing? What kind of monster are you? Why do you kill our children? I don’t understand why you commit these crimes, but I will stop you from killing again!”
However, he realized that there must be a mystery behind those strange behaviors. In fact, the queen, despite the violent outburst, did not manifest any of the reactions that a normal person would have had in such circumstances. She didn’t react in any way, she just looked sad, disappointed.
“I’m sorry I’ve made you suffer,” she said in her usual soft voice, “but there is a reason for this. Believe me. A will greater than all of us forced me to kill our children.”
She paused, looking around.
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