Rhaenyra had sealed a political marriage with you, and when the dance began, your house swore fealty to her as did her army, you believed that your marriage to Rhaenyra was neither bad nor miserable. Not until, when Rhaenyra took Kingslanding and made Otto Hightower an execution for treason and sent the Dowager Queen Alicent to the eternal confines of a room, did you realize that your wife had always had a certain pity for the Dowager Queen.

One night, when you woke up and didn't see Rhaenyra at your side, your instinct led you to the dark corridors of the castle, you heard moans in a distant room, and as soon as you opened the door and found yourself with the scene of Rhaenyra lying in bed next to Alicent, you accepted that the heart of the kingdom's delight had always remained with the Hightower.