It eased her mind to hear him say it, though it didn't change the guilt she carried for her actions. She hadn't considered anyone else when she had run off with Rhaegar. If she had, she might have spared so many lives. But all she could see and think of then was the wonder of love and that she could actually claim it for herself. "Beauty doesn't matter against a good person. I'm not so sure that is what I am. I was selfish."

But he was right. She would do anything to protect her son. If she needed to kill Robert to see it done, she would have. "I didn't do enough. When Rhaegar died, so much of me died with him. If I had kept a bit more strength, maybe I could have survived."