When Love Lasts (Aemond Targaryen)

Easily broken

~Morning.
The sun touched my face. I opened my eyes and still wasn't aware of what had happened. Over me Aemond's hand lay firmly. He was still sleeping and I was lying and enjoying that moment. I feel safe, beautiful, in love. I could get used to waking up like this every day.

I turned my gaze towards him and began to study his face. His features now took on the shape of a real grown man. My gaze lingered on his eyepatch, I was interested in how he looked without it and why he wouldn't let me take it off. The scar is well healed as far as I can see, I was so sorry I can only imagine the pain and agony he went through then.

- Aemma, sleep!

He said it in his morning voice, which sounded even deeper and sharper than usual. I can understand why people are afraid of him. He awakened a feeling of fear in everyone and that's why everyone respects him because they know what he is capable of doing.

  - I want to spend every moment with you, and sleeping disturbs me in that.

  - Hmm, makes sense. We have to endure a little longer and then this will become our daily routine without the need to hide.

He pulled me closer to his body. How I love his strong hands on me. Then came the turn of kisses, the turn of caresses. He knew exactly what I liked and I was enchanted by it. I want him to feel the same as I do so I started to kiss his lips, jaw, neck, chest, everything. I want to leave my mark on him, so that he knows that he is mine!

  - You are mine, do you understand? I want everyone to know that you are mine to know that no one but me will ever have you! My perfection!

Every word he spoke was getting engraved in my brain. I am really his, and does he know how much he is mine, I have to prove to him that if anyone dares to look in his direction they will have problems with me.

He kissed me passionately, and got out of bed. He stood next to me and watched me lying on the bed then he pulled back the covers to reveal my naked body.

  - I have to look to make sure I'm not dreaming.

I smiled and started to get out of bed when I got up I looked at the place where I was lying and saw blood. Aemond saw how pale and confused I became.

He followed my gaze and saw what caused such a reaction.

- Aemma, it's normal.

  - It's not normal, my bleeding stopped a few days ago this can't happen.

I started to panic while Aemond came to me in two steps. He cupped my face with his hands.

  - Oh, how innocent you are, don't panic. This was supposed to happen.

  - "I'm not following you", I was even more confused

  - When a woman lies with a man for the first time, she bleeds. It is a sign that she has not bed with anyone before, it means that she is a virgin.

I was a little embarrassed, because I didn't know this.

- Don't be shy, I want you to know that you can talk to me about anything. I expected someone to instruct you on this and what is expected of you when we get married.

  - What is expected of me?

  - You are expected to bleed and then the morning after our bedding ceremony, the maids would come to see if we had done our duty.

  - It's not normal, it's an invasion of privacy.

  - I don't want you to worry about this topic anymore, no one touched you before me and that's all that matters.