If there was truth in her words and he was the one who was wrong, if he had truly been the one to not be able to distinguish an imposter from his wife, if truly the child in her did not belong to another but was his, if truly, she was glad to see him alive and well… if— if truly she loved him, then by the gods he was more than ready to go on his knees and beg for her forgiveness.
He would grovel at her feet and beg her for not being able to tell the difference between a shapeshifter and his wife. He would beg for forgiveness for all the harsh words he threw at her when in truth he was the one at fault for falling into the traps of her old lover. He'd beg the child in her for looking at it with much disdain.
He was ready to beg her for forgiveness for calling her love a lie.
