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"And to think we were okay again, Princess."
trigger warning: sexual assault/ non-consented sex
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"You are so beautiful,"
Harwin's sultry voice lulls her away from her mind, her eyes drifting towards his. Her face turns red, the fire crackling in the room, almost in a mocking way. To laugh at her.
Elaina smiles shyly, before covering her face. The action caused the blanket to fall down exposing her bare breasts. The warmth of the fire consuming her, she gasps as Harwin places his hands on her wrists, pulling them away from her face.
"No not hide your precious face, never from me. Or I will not have the honor to stare upon you, and die a sorrowful death,"
Elaina blushes at his words, before cuddling into his chest. Their moment of warmth and peacefulness had started weeks after Rhaenyra's return. Their confessions turn into promises, as they entangle themselves with one another.
"This is treason... If anyone were to find out, Viserys would have our heads," Elaina muttered, her heart aching at the thought.
Elaina did not care if her head were to roll from her shoulders and onto the filthy streets of the city, all she cared about was leaving her children behind. Her sister. Those who really mattered to her.
"Then we shall stay hidden until the world accepts our love," Harwin replies softly, bringing her face toward his as he looks into her eyes with his words.
"Y-You love me?" Elaina stuttered, quickly pulling away from the man and staring at him in shock.
"In lengths that you will allow it, My Queen," Harwin said, his voice stern to prove his point.
Elaina stiffens, unsure of what to say. Love. It was never something she had thought of something to have for herself. Sure she loves her children, but that was different.
Was this love? Elaina thought to herself, her mind going into a spiral. Harwin notices the storm behind her eyes and lays a calm soothing hand on her cheek.
"You need not say it, not until you are ready. I will stand by you until you command me otherwise," Harwin whispers, bringing their faces closer.
Elaina releases the breath she was holding and sealed his words, with a kiss. Their night lasts until the wink of sunlight peeks through Harwin's chambers.
Elaina quietly gets up and readies herself to leave, a new dress to wear to get rid of any talk. Elaina had mastered disguising her affair, as well as she mastered the colorful spots that Viserys leaves on her skin.
There would be a meeting held this morning, that would occupy her husband, leaving her to tend to her children alone just as she pleased.
Alicent would be accompanying their father, to shadow him. A way for Elaina to have eyes and ears when she was not allowed to be present.
