Yeah, that was messed up. The book sort of acknowledged it, but in a way that really glossed over the issue of marital rape. In hindsight, it was also a little icky how often Ce'Nedra was described as both looking physically child-like AND as a saucy temptress. There's a theme of young-looking-for-their-age female characters who are romantically and sexually forward toward male characters in Eddings' work and it feels a touch creepy.