eternity • Brandon Stark

chapter 61

"your grace my birds have heard a lot since we came" varys started as soon as daenerys entered the room.

Tyrion sat on one of the chairs as the queen came in with jorah.

Daenerys seemed a bit guilty after her short talk with sam.

Samwell tarly. The man who saved her friend's life. The man whose father and brother she had killed for not bending the knee.

If she had just listened—

"Your grace?" Varys called out.

Dany snapped out her thoughts as she finally focused on varys, her eyebrows rose.

"My little birds. They've found out that valeria targaryen is indeed married to lord stark-"

"Which makes her valeria stark." Tyrion interrupts.

He had always had the soft spot for the girl. "And she had never been a targaryen. Before she was a stark she was a sand-"

"But it doesn't change the fact that she has Targaryen blood. A claim to the throne" dany sternly said.

Tyrion gulped at her words.

"The people of westeros- especially the north, will favor her more. They don't consider her foreign." She continues as she contemplates what she should do with valeria.

" And she..  she's gave him a heir." Her tone was quiet, as if she envied her. "She is a threat-"

"And the only closest thing you have to a kin." Tyrion argued. "Whom you don't even know if she wants the throne." He points with raised eyebrows.

"And jon. He loves her very much— I've seen it. If we're to assassinate a lady of winterfell we will never gain the North's trust and loyalty... Ever" tyrion seriously said.

To this daenerys shuts her eyes as she sighed.

Even if valeria doesn't want the iron throne, the people would want her there.

But tyrion is right. Killing her would rid her of possible rebellions for the iron throne but then as soon as she kills valeria, the north will rebel before she could even sit on that throne.

"Fine. As soon as i sit on that throne I'll forbid her to set foot inro Kingslanding" she said as she opened her eyes calmly.

"And she'll be happy to do so" tyrion said in relief.

They continued to talk about other matters, not noticing the dove that once sat on the windowsill, now flying away.
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"So?" Bran asked valeria as soon as her eyes rolled back to normal.

Valeria smiled at him, "let's just say that Kingslanding would be off limits for me" she simply said.

Bran chuckled as he held her hand making sure they're warm. "Good. I wouldn't want you smelling the shit there anyways"

She laughed at his words only to stop when she saw sam arrive. He seemed perplexed.

Almost like he'd cry or burst into tears any moment.

"What are you lot doing out here? It's cold" he asked as he sniffs.

Valeria furrowed her eyebrows. "Are you alright sam?" She asked.

Sam immediately nods his head. "So?" He tried smiling at bran.

"Waiting for an old friend. It's time to tell jon the truth." He simply said.

Valeria sighs as she saw sam's confused face.

"You're his brother. Shouldn't you tell him?"

"He is. Although not by blood, he'll always be." Valeria softly said.

"But he trusts you more than anyone." Bran said to him. "And it's time."

Soon sam did leave to go tell jon.

Valeria and bran returned to their room where vivian was on a chair knitting whilst she made sure that catelyn won't wake.

"Oh. You're back" she smiled at the two as she stood to leave.

Valeria smiled at vivian as she left, rolling bran near the fire to make sure he wouldn't be cold.

"I'll have to go to sansa for some linen" she told him before pecking his lips.

Bran smiled, hands rising to caress her cheeks softly. "Be careful." He simply said.

She nods her head before she left.

She's been having bad cramps throughout the day and she suspects that it's because she's nearly time for her to bleed.

And since sansa's room was practically at the other side of the castle she sighed as she lethargically walked through the halls with her aching stomach, until she finally arrived in front of sansa's door.

She knocked loudly. "Sansaaa, i think i might bleed tommorow." She called out in a sort of whine.

The door swung open.

Sansa stared at her with a small smile as she shook her head. "Is it cramps?" She asked to which valeria could only nod as she clutched her stomach.

Sansa pats her head before turning to get the linen and also a flask filled with hot water, and as soon as she handed it to the poor girl, valeria sighed in relief. "Thank you" she mumbled.

Sansa hummed as she watch her lazily walk away with the flask on her stomach.

Valeria walked through the halls as her painful cramps made beads of sweat form on her forehead.

Just as she reached the corner she stopped when a certain pale haired girl rounded the corner, with jorah by her side.

Daenerys also stopped after seeing the girl.

It was quiet. They finally saw each other face to face.

Daenerys'eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she saw the girl's complexion.

Her skin was as pale as Daenerys' but for some reason she seemed paler. The beads of sweat and her seemingly out of place hair made her look stressed.

"Are you alright my lady?" Jorah couldn't help but ask the young mother.

She reminds him of daenerys when she was younger.

Valeria smiled sweetly at them as she tried to stand up straight only to crouch back down as the pain of her cramps shoots up her body.

Daenerys' eyes widened, hands immediately reaching out to catch her , but valeria smiled shaking her hand as if to say she was ok.

It was quiet once again as Daenerys' worriedly stared at valeria, who was trying to regain her composure.

Breathing deeply, her face cringes as the pain was somehow growing stronger.

"Are you alright?" Dany's voice rung out.

Valero chuckles a little as she tried to smile at her aunt's worry. "Yeah im alright-" but she screamed in pain.

She clutched her stomach as she grabbed onto the wall.

Daenerys' flinched in surprise immediately going to Valeria's side assisting her to sit on the floor. "Hurry call the maester!" She told jorah as she tried to help valeria ease the pain.

Jorah was hesitant to leave her but a stern look from dany was enough for him to run.

"Ha- haa-?" A gasping confused sound came from Valeria's mouth.

To this dany came to look at where she was looking.

Daenerys'couldn't help but gasp out a breath as she saw the blood that flowed down the floor.

Valeria could feel her world shatter as realization came over her, a gut wrenching scream of despair errupted from her mouth.

"HAA-"

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