The Proposal

Advice

Sansa slept soundly and with no worries she felt for the first time in her life . The first time that she remembered anyway . She had read the letter left by Daenerys the night before.

Lady Sansa ,

I feel I must relieve this burden in my heart in the event that we not meet again .
I feel as if unwillingly our lives have been intertwined with neither your permission nor mine .

I do acknowledge your favor upon me and Rae of not informing Jon of your sons existence .
I know full well that Rae would have lost her father . There is no denying the lure of Winterfell , his son, and you would have proven too much for him to fight against . He would have left us and returned to you , your child, and his ancestral home .
I am grateful that Rae had his undivided love and attention during her formative years . For that I thank you . I do not believe I would have been as generous if the roles had been reversed .

That being said I cannot pretend to have warm feelings towards you as you were the 3rd party in my marriage from day one . It is painful for any woman least of all a Queen to acknowledge that she is not even the Queen of her husband's heart . Of course Jon is the one who should bear the brunt of my contempt , as he does . The thing that I feel is , that he did cheat me of time . Precious time . All the years I spent trying to make him happy , make the marriage happy , when in fact I truly never could . He robbed me of my youth , that time I could have spent with someone who had true , deep , everlasting love for me .

As I thought about our relationship after he left, I'm painfully aware that he stayed with me initially only because I was with child . Once he found the truth of his parentage he told me of his feelings for you and his desire to take you as a second wife . I only agreed because he was within his rights as a Targaryen . It was painful to hear but I thought he would forget you after you refused his offer . That never happened .

Here , speaking as one woman to another , and in light of your precarious health situation, I would advise you to spend the rest of your days with the one who loves you and who has always loved you ( As I am with Oberyn )

As far as the children are concerned I believe its in their best interests to form a relationship , if not familial then at least collegial .

If we do not meet again , I wish you good health .

Queen Daenerys .

Sansa would think about these words and her time remaining very deeply over the next few days .