Missing...

Having read the later part of the novel, I have been holding back on some changes they made for the adaptation. But no more!! One of the most beautiful and heartbreaking scenes was cut out, so they could get to the children arc.

Novel Spoiler: After the king's most recent brush with death, he holds on when he learns from Kael that Hestia is pregnant. After Hestia gives birth and it is safe to have the baby meet others -- his parents present him to the king. The king raised Kael and thought of him as another son, so he didn't want to leave the world without seeing the face of his grandchild. I'm not doing it any justice, but it was a beautifully written scene in which the king saw his heart-adopted son whole and happy once again. Then he passed a day later.