First love can be gotten over in most cases. But a great love—nigh impossible.
There are moments where Kratos cannot bear to look at Raine. There's a strange but familiar reaction to her ways and delicate features, one he hasn't felt since Anna had been in his life all those years ago.
It feels like a sort of betrayal. Nothing like killing the woman you love, losing track of your child with her for years, and then harboring romantic sentiments toward a pretty schoolteacher. It hurts and frightens him.
At any rate, he didn't deserve to be happy, surely.