Richard

By giving him her body, true. But certainly she wasn't his first female devotee partner. She MAY HAVE been the first to give him a child - and that has to elevate her status before him and all who serve him, and give her a power she could wield above him in ways only THAT could - without ever saying so - even to him. I'm not suggesting he was feeling paternal, but he had to be pleased in a way that was uniquely hers.

Danm. Having never read ANY of these books, that's a detail I never knew until now. But it surprizes me not. I was wondering that very thing as I read this article. Thank you for that nugget.

Yes, an amazing beauty with a BLACK HEART. Her death at Molly's hand was not only justified and satifying, but put upon her by one driven & empowered by a Mothers' infinite love - a force stronger than the incarnate evil it destroyed.