Responses
His son, empress', dying left enough damage to pass a trauma to her other son. I pity Alec for this, he was just a kid who was brought up in a loveless environment which shaped him to an asshole he was in the present.
Although she did care enough to make sure that Alec won't be harmed in any way (getting assurance from Eris that he will still become the Crown Prince)
How did she feel about him? Did she just not care? I don't even remember if he was her biological kid or not at this point.