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His Wife's Wife Alternate Ending

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Since his wife’s death a month earlier, Uther woke in his bedchamber each night at the same time, trembling, short of breath, and his heart hammering against his ribs. A nauseating mixture of terror and loss coursed through him, and it was as if Ygraine was dying all over again. He would never recuperate from her passing. His only solace was that she had given him a son moments before she slipped from this world. Then there was the guilt making his chest burn and his bowels twist. He had killed his wife. As surely as the sun rose and set, he had all but murdered her. Uther had gone behind his wife’s back and demanded his sorceress friend, Nimueh, use magic to help Ygraine conceive. “A life for a life,” Nimueh had cautioned, but Uther had never known that life was to have been Ygraine’s, damn it all! Beautiful, sweet, caring Ygraine, the woman he cherished above all others. …show more content…

“I am so sorry, my love. I did not know, I swear. Please forgive me, Ygraine. And please take me to join her, gods.” Rage swelled within him and he beat his fist against his chest. “I cannot stand it! This was my doing! I demand to be punished!” Out of the corner of his eye, Uther caught something moving, a swish of fabric, gauzy and ethereal. A gentle, golden glow emanated from the amorphous figure. Uther shot to his feet and rushed toward it. “Ygraine? Is that

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