Their Saving Grace

Chapter 3

When she woke that morning Alicent was hoping to have a peaceful day and give rest to her body and mind, she deserved it after all the stress she has been putting herself through ever since she got back but of course, when did anything has gone the way she thought. That morning when her housemaids were helping her get dressed she went into labor.

It has been hours since she went into labor and she realized something was not right the first time she gave birth to Aegon was hard but this time it felt much worse than the last time, the pain she is feeling right now was much worse at first, she tried to tell herself that it was nothing but now she knows something was definitely wrong the last time Aegon was born around luncheon and now it was nearly dawn the sun would set in an hour or so that means something has gone wrong and the time has changed which scared her.

Alicent couldn't stop her thoughts. What if I die, how would I change the future if I die, the gods wouldn't want that right? She keeps telling herself over and over again. The gods wouldn't let that happen they won't let that happen to me, they won't let me die without completing my mission. She tried to reassure herself. But what if THIS is your punishment, what if they send you here to give you hope just to take it away from you. A darker part of her mind kept whispering. Maybe that's how I'm going to change the future if I and the babe die in childbirth as Queen Aemma did then there would be no one to challenge Rhaenyra except Daemon and she could stop him from marrying him and I doubt Viserys would marry anyone after losing two wives to childbirth without giving a male heir everyone would believe he was cursed.

Her thoughts were haunting her and they were scaring her. No No No I can't think like that. I need to focus, getting more stressed is not going to help me. I need to focus on breathing not on my mind, come on Alicent you can do this for your kids, for Rhaenyra, you can do this, you can't give up now, you need to do this for them.

For them, Alicent kept chanting in her brain like a mantra trying to keep all the negative thoughts from her mind and instead focus on this future and how she could be the mother that her kids would need and deserve and how she could be with Rhaenyra and how she could happy in her life because her Nyra would be beside her and how she will protect her kids and her Nyra from her father and how she and Nyra could rule the seven kingdoms and become the Queens that the realm will love and cherish and how she will not let anyone tear apart her family for power and greed.

But as the sun set and the darkness of the night started to take over the realm she couldn't keep the fears at bay anymore, the midwives around her were trying to help her but none of them were helping all she could think about was that she needed to apologize to Rhaenyra before it's too late, before she dies. Her only thought at that time was her Nyra.

The last time she was in labor with Aegon, Rhaenyra was standing right outside her chamber doors even if she hadn't known about it. Nyra was still standing there until she gave birth maybe that was the case this time too, maybe her Nyra was standing outside the door.

"RHAENYRA" Alicent screamed with every last bit of energy left in her body, she needed her Nyra here and when she didn't show up she screamed again, and just when she thought that Nyra wouldn't show up the doors of her chambers were opened and there she stood her Nyra with her face full of worry.

She just there watching her for a couple of moments. Alicent lifted her hand towards Nyra wanting to hold her hand and that must have snapped something in Nyra because the next thing she knows, her Nyra was beside her holding her hand and reassuring her that everything was going to be alright, she gave her tired smile and muttered "I'm sorry" under her breath before everything went black.

Rhaenyra was on her way to breakfast with her father and Alicent when the servant rushed to inform her about Alicent's labor she immediately rushed to Alicent's chambers with Ser Criston. Ser Willis who was standing guard outside the chambers greeted her and asked her if she wanted to go in but she couldn't go inside the chambers she was scared to see Alicent in this position but she couldn't go back to her chambers either so she waited outside the chamber doors pacing back and forth while her mind was going through every single worst possibility.