The Maiden Princess || Aegon II Targaryen & Aemond Targaryen

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Revelations and walks

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The following morning was pleasant; she could hear the chattering from Flea Bottom and the birds tweeting. Aegon spooned Seara as she first awoke. retaining a firm hold on her body. She was being smacked in the face by the sunbeam. The furs on their bed were peeled back by her. Aegon awoke at this. She was tugged back into him as he yawned.

He gave her a soft kiss and mumbled, "Hello." Seara strokes his face while gazing up at him. Queen Alicent and a maid enter as the door opens. Seara turns and drapes a sheet over herself.

She firmly nods to them both and says, "Good morning, you two." As the maid approaches them both and ushers them off the bed, Alicent gestures to her as Aegon and Seara both turn to face her. Seara notices the bloodstain and feels her face flush. Alicent hums before stepping outside. The maid follows after her

As she pulls the sheet closer around her, seara says, "Well, that was awkward." As he drags her to the bathroom, Aegon chuckles. The bath was already filled up. The room was filled with rising steam. Seara gets in with Aegon, and her shoulders start to loosen up.

"How are you feeling?" While stroking her foot, Aegon says. Seara turns to face him and grinned timidly.

She leans her head back and whispers, "I'm okay, it went better than I imagined," as Aegon's hands begin to move up her leg. Her breath hitches and he hums, he then halts his antics, and starts washing her body.

Following their brief routine, they both get dressed and start to move in the direction of the royal room, where they will break their fast. when they enter. Aemond and Helaena have already arrived. Aemond drinking from his cup while Heleana plays with one of her bugs

Helaena calls Seara over to sit next to her after she looks up and smiles and says, "Ah, Good morning." Seara moves toward it after giving a nod. She sees Aegon approach his brother and gives him a pat on the back. She cannot tell what they are discussing, but she can see Aemond start to become uneasy.

As soon as Viserys, Otto, and Alicent enter the room, they all start eating. Everybody at the table is chatting inanely. Later, Heleana asked Seara to stroll through the gardens. Viserys then looks at Seara

"I've made up my mind to pick a knight for you." He says with a nod as a young serving girl exits the room. Seara becomes perplexed as she looks at her Grandsire .

"Oh well, I didn't feel like I needed one." She responds while first glancing at her grandfather and then Aegon. As he gulps down his cup, which is probably full of wine, she can see the sourness on his face.

The room's doors open, allowing her to view a knight with his face hidden and the previous servant girl following him. Otto gets to his feet and moves in the direction of the knight. whose face is revealed. She has the impression that she knows him from somewhere. She notices Aegon's worried appearance as she turns to face him.

The knight approaches the princess and bows, "Princess, my name is Henrik Belgrave." As he approaches her from the sides and takes a position holding his sword, Seara grinned at him.

As he rests his hand on her thigh, Aegon turns to face the knight. She gives him a glance as she continues to eat. She's unsure of why her Grandsire believed she needed a personal guard, but she didn't mind. She did, however, want to know how she came to recognise him.

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Later that day, as she had promised, Helaena and Searela strolled through the gardens, admiring all the flowers and strange bugs. They finally find a large tree to sit under. While Helaena was preoccupied. Seara turns to face the knight who was trailing her

"Have we ever met Ser Henrik?" She inquires. The knight standing turns to look down at her. She observes his hand begin to play with his sword

He looks apprehensively at Helaena and murmurs, "Uh, yeah, we have briefly met at a show princess." Seara's face droops and her brows furrowed. She knows when they first met. She had vivid memories of that day, or rather, night. She believed that nobody would ever discuss or bring it up

Seara simply nods while playing with strands of grass. The trio returns to the castle after some time has passed. She bids Helaena farewell before heading to the library. She enters while Ser Henrik waits outside. She observes Aemond reading a book while seated by the fire. Seara approaches him while grinning. She approaches him without his knowledge and slowly puts her arms around his shoulders

"Why are you reading that?" Aemond looks at her and jumps a little. She sees his cheeks beginning to flush. She releases her grip on his shoulders and takes a seat next to him in the chair.

He murmurs, "Oh, no reason," and closes the book. He raises an eyebrow as he observes her. "How was your wedding night?" He inquires

When asked, Seara can feel her face start to flush. "It was good," she says, rubbing her neck. As he reopens his book, Aemond hums. Sighing, Seara picks up a book of her own. Although she had already read the majority of the books, the atmosphere felt awkward. The rest of the day is silent for Seara and Aemond. Each person is reading their own book. When the other wasn't looking, they occasionally exchange fleeting glances.

A/N

This chapter was a little bit shorter, I've been a bit busy at the moment but I wanted to post a chapter. The updates to this book aren't quite organised.

Ser Henrik. I don't know what I have in store for this character but I love him already. He made a small appearance in the previous chapters in the brothel. He was the one who winked at her.

Hoped you enjoyed this chapter.

• Ser Henrik Belgrave •