A dark secret

Your mother the former queen takes another seat. "It is actually as you surmised, my son. It's just a ruse."

Of course it is just a ruse. Your child in the womb of a woman in the backwater will become the heir if anything happens to you no matter the lineage unless you marry and have another child. You already considered marrying Dobra before. In fact, if you father a child with your own mother, you can't ever legitimize the child since you can't marry your mother as it would have created a larger scandal than you marrying Dobra.

"Then what is the real reason?"

Your mother is quiet for quite some time. "I harbor perverse desire and lust for you," she admits.

You can't believe your ears. Did your mother admit that she wants to have sex with you just because she finds you're attractive?

"This dark desire begins when I saw you returning from the abbey to be enthroned as the king. Even as my loin twinged, I ignored it, telling myself that I am happy to see my son. But then the want keeps growing and growing until I finally realized what is going on. When you left to fight the barbarians, I thought that it would abate but I was wrong. Each night, I would pleasure myself, fantasizing the two of us partaking in the forbidden fruit. Then I heard you have sired a bastard. When I found out, I was ecstatic."

"You're happy about that?" The impression you get from your mother is anything but happy.

"Yes. Despite being subjected to brainwashing by the monks and priests, in the end, you're not averse to fornicating with an older woman. All I need is a reason for you to do the same with me," your mother admits guiltily.

You're so shocked by your mother's admission that you couldn't even get angry with her summoning you here just so that she can fuck you. In fact, your ego is stroke by this revelation. "So all this talk about the need to have an heir..."

"I spoke no lie but in private I don't care about who will be your heir."

"Just now you say we need to create an heir..."

Your mother laughs. "I would have asked Elizabeth to do it if it's the real reason." She then gleams at you. "No, my son. I have been the queen for so long that I grow bored by it's emptiness. Now I simply wants to be a woman who remains true to myself "

"But the lineage...".

"I'm sure that you'll figure it out, just like you always do. Whoever you choose to be the queen, it is of no concern."

Your mother's revelation takes a lot to process that you lose any mood to sleep tonight.