'I am sorry for what I have put you through. I am sorry that I couldn't give you the life that you wanted. I will set you free. Live your life, my queen.'
Nycta remembered. She remembered what Dacre said to her when she was in and out of consciousness. She also remembered his conversation with Rose about their dead baby.
Dacre could choose to have her died and he would have the baby that he desperately wanted, the last piece of Killian and also a chance to save his kingdom.
Yet, he didn't choose that. He chose to keep Nycta alive. He couldn't bring himself to kill her.
Called her young and stupid. She was stupid to choose to go back to the palace to be with him. She was young, reckless and impulsive.