The Heir // King Viserys Targaryen // Daemon Targaryen

68. This is a Kindness

Otto was summoned he thought to be hand of the king once more. He was wrong. Avalon greeted him as the gates.

''Your grace.'' Otto answered confused.

Avalon had a speech prepared about how he was an awful father trying to tell his daughter off for the crown. An awful friend to viserys. A manipulative hand of the king. Demanding alicent kill her that stung. Then selling alicent off to the greyjoys when she didn't succeed. She had so many things to say but instead she slapped him and the sound echoed. Alicent stared wide eyed from the balcony.

''Your grace?'' Otto questioned taking a step back his hand on his cheek.

''Your own daughter.'' Avalon hissed. ''Gods I should have done this years ago.'' Avalon turned Mouse stared down at her expectantly.

''Avalon.'' Otto warned stepping back again but harwin and criston grabbed him holding him still. ''Don't. Don't!'' Otto screamed struggling in their strong grasps.

''This is a kindness.'' Avalon corrected. ''The greyjoys. Dalton greyjoy... this is a kindness compared to the hell they put alicent through.'' Avalon assured ''a mercy you surely don't deserve.'' Harwin and criston tied him to the gates. Avalon waited until they were a safe distance away otto continued to scream and thrash. Avalon looked up to alicent. Waiting for her to turn away. Alicent stared down waiting, she nodded to avalon and Avalon turned back around. Avalon approached mouse rubbing a hand over his scales. She moved back to otto.

''I know you don't care.'' Avalon said softly ''but I am going to protect Alicent. Treat her like a daughter. She will be safe here.'' Avalon informed him and otto stopped squirming and stared back at her. ''I don't know when your greed for power got the better of you but Alicent will be loved here. Protected. I hope you can find it in your black heart to come to peace with that.'' Otto just stared back at her wordlessly. Avalon nodded and stepped back.

''DRACARYS.'' Avalon declared and mouse burned him to nothing. Avalon turned around to see alicents face. Emotionless.

''Get someone to clean that up... clean that out.'' Avalon instructed them. Harwin and criston nodded heading off. "Funeral time." Avalon remarked kissing Mouse gently he seemed to purr into her.

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''We join today at the seat of the sea to commit the lady Lena of house Valeryon to the eternal waters and domination of the Merling king where he will guard her for all her days to come as she sets to see for final voyage the lady Laena leaves to true born daughters on the shore though their mother will not return from her voyage-" Vaemond began

"Hey gorgeous." Daemon whispered kissing Avalon's neck.

"Hush Dae." Avalon whispered as he pulled her into him. "Funeral. You could at least pretend to be sad." He traced a tear down his cheek with a smirk. "You are bad." Avalon told him as he tickled at her ribs making her laugh out. "Stop it!" Avalon sent an elbow back into him gently as all eyes turned to them. Vaemond cleared his throat as he continued.

''-they will all remain bound together in blood salt courses through velaryon blood. Ours runs thick. Ours runs true. And ours must never thin.'' Damon chuckled at that. And at that her casket was sent into the waters.

''My gentleness may the winds be as strong as your back you were sees as calm as your spirit and your nets be as full as your heart. From the sea we came. The sea we shall return.'' Daemon's daughters stood with their grandmother while Daemon was impatient to get on with it. To claim his queen.

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''Have you seen your father?'' Rhaenyra asked coming up to Jace. ''Your little cousins have lost their mother. They could use a kind word.'' Rhaenyra offered glancing to Daemon's daughters.