"TO THIS LOVE WE ARE BOTH CHAINED AND BOUND"
in which daemon targaryen finds himself chained to a woman. never leaving his thoughts, saphrona arryn is the missing piece to daemon's happiness.
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON|DAEMON TARGARYEN...
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killian baratheon liked to think that he knew saphrona arryn very well. when she asked him for space after her sister's death, he gave it.
he loved saphrona with all his heart, and so being without her and seeing to his duties for the week was hell for him.
saphrona was a fickle creature. when aellius died, she had clung to him like a lifeline. he held her every night while she cried. now, her sister was dead and all she wanted was to be alone.
he thought maybe she had forgotten about him, but he would wait for her to tell him when she was ready to be with him once more. she liked to have that power, to tell him when to be around her. he loved her enough to let her keep it.
all the while killian lay in his bed, thinking of saphrona. saphrona arryn was wandering the castle corridors at night, when no one was stewing.
she crept through the corridors wearing just a light blue night gown and no shoes, to keep silent.
she made it to the king's meeting room, where she watched through the holes in the door in the shadows. this emergency meeting had to be important, and she wanted to know why.
saphrona caught the king asking, "what matter?" and she was also confused. what matter were they speaking of.
otto hightower opened his mouth to speak, and a hand went over saphrona's. she went to scream, only to be shushed by none other than daemon targaryen.
he gave her a look, beckoning her to listen with him but he also was confused on why she was there. he grabbed her hand, pulling her to the door and holding his finger over his lips as to tell her not to speak.
they had missed what the king's hand had said, but heard lord corlys speak, "the king has an heir, my lord hand."
otto hightower ignored him, "despite how difficult this time is your grace, i feel it important the succession be firmly in place for the stability of the realm."
saphrona saw right through otto hightower. he was a power hungry snake, and viserys was stupid if he did not see the plot. daemon was very clearly the only heir, so what was otto playing at?
finally, lord lyonel strong spoke up. "the succession is already set, by precedent and by law. shall we say his name?" he asked.
corlys finally sat down, sick of the obvious playing around. "daemon targaryen." he put it plainly.
saphrona liked corlys, he might be power hungry but he did not tolerate the games the other men of the king's court played.
"if daemon remained the uncontested heir, it could destabilize the realm." mellos spoke. daemon's grip on saphrona's hand tightened.
saphrona had to say, daemon might be quite rogue at times but he was a man and a strong leader. she did not understand how it would destabilize the realm.
