I remember reading a comment that Jim made about at some point Harry is really going to be pissed at Lea. While reading 12 Months some thoughts popped into my head on this subject. They are random, but maybe some dots can be connected.
I know one theory is he finds out that Lea killed Malcolm, that could be true. If it is, somehow I can't see Harry ever being resigned to that and that would blow up Mab's plans big time. So I don't think that happened, I can't think of a good motive, even in Mab's twisted but calculating mind to order. Unless, Nemesis was already manipulating Lea to some degree. We know her desire for power even before she got the Knife in Grave Peril. Since Nemesis might have realized that the influence of Malcolm over young Harry would be the real danger to it, it somehow manipulated Lea into doing it.
My theory is that Lea and Mab encouraged and talked Margaret into taking up with Lord Raith. Why? Because Mab wanted to know, needed to know what was behind the White Court's power, what was the Hunger all about? I got that idea from why Mab manipulated Harry and Lara both, she not only wanted to find a way to control the White Court, but knowing that the Hunger was really an Outsider she wanted to see for herself just how well her star born Knight would do up against it.
That's part of it, admitted my thoughts are not very organized yet. But back to Margaret, what Mab hadn't planned was for Margaret to have a child by Raith. I am unsure at this point how Thomas fits into Mab's long term plans and goals, he has complicated them a bit, but not sure if she can use him to her advantage one way or the other. I think Mab got lucky when Margaret met and fell in love with Malcolm, simply because that motivated Margaret to leave Raith. I believe Margaret as Raith's lover had not only found out just what the Hunger Demon was, ( Mab's plan to begin with) but she gained enough information to know that while she herself couldn't kill it, she knew how to stop it from feeding and deprive Raith in her death curse of much of if not all of his power.
Margaret knew very well what a star born was, and that being one gave a star born power over Outsiders. She also knew that the known star born, or at least the ones introduced in the series as known star born aside from Harry, have serious flaws. As in being power hungry and brutal among other things. This is where Malcolm comes in, repeated over and over again along with Harry's strong will is the fact that he inherited his father's good heart or nature. This, if Lash is to believed, gave her the idea that with Malcolm as sire, Margaret could not only give birth to a star born child, but one that could lead the fight against the Outsiders. Mab encouraged this line of thinking, then Margaret proceeded to bargain for Harry to have a real Fae godmother, i.e. Lea. However I think both parties were holding back in the bargaining process, Margaret never told Mab that Malcolm understood and agreed to conceive this child. That Margaret reasoned that this star born child would be different from those that came before him. Mab held back from Margaret her plans on just how she would use this child to her advantage and manipulate him. A huge reason as to why Mab has only been partly successful in her manipulation, is that part of Harry's nature that he inherited from his father. Mab didn't exactly get the star born Knight she thought she wanted, she has actually gotten the one she needed. Over time since Harry has become her Knight, I think she is beginning to see that.
The relationship between Lara and Harry is merely the next phase or step in Mab's plans leading up to the coming battle. Stay tuned..
Just some thoughts I have, what do you guys think?
