𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕬𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖘 - 𝙷𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗♔︎

𝕻𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖚𝖗𝖊𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕹𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙

Now, we are in the Castle Gardens. A beautiful space full of flowers and bushes. But the most interesting was the  Heart Tree. These trees, as the legend says were already here when the First Men arrived, who with the Children of the Forest drew faces and made tears of blood in them

Under this tree were Rhaenyra, Aerin and Alicent.

Rhaenyra had her head on Aerin's lap while she caressed Rhaenyra's hair. While that, Alicent was questioning Rhaenyra.

"Did you read it?"

"Of course I read it."

Aerin looked at her niece with a raised eyebrow. She doubted Rhaenyra would waste her precious time reading that book. The Realm's Delight only answered with a smile.

"When Princess Nymeria arrived in Dorne, who did she take to husband?"

"A man."

Aerin would have laughed at that if it wasn't for Alicent.

"What was his name?"

"Lord Something."

"If you answer with 'Lord Something', Septa Marlow will be furious."

"She's funny when she's furious" said Aerin who loved to see the elder woman get red of anger when the Princess would do something wrong. Rhaenyra only looked at Aerin, silently agreeing.

"You're always like this when you're worried."

Rhaenyra, that until now was playing with a flower, looked at Alicent.

"Like what?"

"Disagreeable. You're worried your father is about to overshadow you with a son."

"I only worry for my mother. I hope for my father that he gets a son. As long as I can recall, it's all he's wanted."

"You want him to have a son?"

Aerin, too, looked surprised at her niece's response.

"I want to fly with you and aunt Aerin on dragonback, see the great wonders across the Narrow Sea, and eat only cake."

"I'm being serious."

"I never jest about cake."

"You aren't about your position?"

Rhaenyra looked at Aerin and snuggled closer to her Aunt.

"I like this position. It's quite comfortable."

Alicent closed the book and stood up.

"Where are you going?"

"Home. The hour has grown late."

Aerin looked up at the sky. Judging by the position of the sun, it wasn't late at all.

"Princess Nymeria led her Rhoynar across the Narrow Sea on 10,000 ships to flee their Valyrian pursuers." Rhaenyra said as she got to her feet followed by Aerin. "She took Lord Mors Martell of Dorne to husband and burned her own fleet off Sunspear to show her people that they were finished running."

"I don't even know that." Aerin joked.

Rhaenyra then approached Alicent and tore a page from the book.

"What are you doing?" asked Alicent in terror.

"So you remember" said Rhaenyra calmly.

"If the Septa sees this book, then..."

"She will kill you" continued Aerin.

"Fuck the Septa." haggled Rhaenyra.

"Rhaenyra!"