87. The Legacy

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Present day

''Your girls are the very image of their mother.'' Viserys remarked ''A comfort and an anguish, as I well remember.'' Viserys added. ''The gods can be cruel.''

''It seems they've been especially cruel to you.'' Daemon remarked and Viserys chuckled.

''Yes.'' He agreed ''You should return with us to King's Landing. It's time that you came home.'' Viserys insisted

''Pentos is my home... and that of my children.'' Daemon corrected.

''Daemon... I know we've had our differences, but let them pass with the years. I dont see Rhaenys or Nymeria letting you steal away their girls again." 

"They are my girls." Daemon spat. "They have no say in anything." 

"Try tell that to Nymeria... what happened to your nose?" Viserys questioned seeing the bruising.

"Nymeria." Daemon hissed. 

"And you want to steal Nymaera and Rhaena knowing Nymeria might kill you... you always were brave Daemon." Viserys remarked and Daemon finished his glass, he was bored of this conversation. "There's a place for you in my court if that's something you should need.'' Viserys said softly.

''I need... nothing.'' Daemon corrected.

''Brother." Viserys begged as he passed.

''I'm sorry for your loss, my Prince.'' Otto offered. 

''No matter how fat the leech grows, it always wants for another meal.'' Daemon sneered as he passed Otto.

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"I miss her." 

"Me too." Nya whispered. 

"I... she was gone for so long... I wanted to visit her, it was going to be her 25th name day." Laenor remarked. 

"Me too." Nya whimpered. "We should have went... we should have brought her back sooner, this would not have happened." 

"You dont know that." Laenor corrected. 

"I do though, because if I brought her home when I found out where she was, I would have kept her away from Daemon and therefore, she would not have gotten pregnant again and she would have been alive right now." 

"Mama," Laenor rasped. 

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Nya whimpered as she picked up a stone tossing it over the water. "Everyone is giving Daemon sympathy but he doesnt give a damn about Laena, that much was always clear to me. They say sorry to him as though he cared."

"He was with her for ten years." Laenor offered. 

"He used her for ten years." Nya corrected. "And not that she's gone he is impatient for the next cunt he can get his hands on." Laenor sighed knowing she was probably right. "She was my daughter and no one got to know that, it was for her safety and yours... but still... all I ever was, was Nymeria. I never got to..."

"HR." Laenor corrected. 

"Yes." Nya agreed swallowing the lump in her throat. 

"Minho and Thomas too." Laenor added. "Those boys love you, mama. THey love you, you took them in and raised them. They might not be of your womb but they are your children. Just like Laena and I. Never forget how important you are. How valued you are. How much I love you." 

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''Go to bed.' Rhaenyra insisted coming up to her children.

''But, Mother...'' Luke whined

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