Daemons pov She's been asleep for a few days. Laenor is gone. They're awaiting her waking to have the funeral. She hit her head and it was bleeding. Her wrist was bleeding too. The maester says it's up to the gods if she wakes or not. Rhaenyra and I haven't left her side. "She's been like this for days now. What if she does not wake" she says her eyes puffy from tears.
I take her hand "if she's anything like her namesake. And like you. She's going to wake." Meraxes has been restless and calling. The dragon can tell her bonded is injured. "Any luck?" It's Rhaenys. I shake my head "she's still sleeping" watching the unconscious girl. She's so....still. Rhaenys says "the light has dimmed in the seven since she's been like this" it has. Rhaenyra says "thank you for allowing us to stay here with her and her condition and use your maesters" Rhaenys replies "she is my grandchild. Her accident happened here and she needed treatment right away. You needn't thank me rhaenyra" "ow" she's awake. "Saera?" Rhaenyra asks.
Her face contorts in pain and I order "get her milk of the poppy" her violet eyes open
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"Thank gods" rhaenyra says and saera smiles "mother you're crying" reaching to wipe the tear. I say "you've been asleep for almost a week dragonling" she furrows her eyebrows "really?" I nod and rhaenyra asks "why didn't you tell anyone you were hurt?" "Aemond needed the maesters more I didn't think my injuries to be that bad" she says. Rhaenyra kisses her head "you cannot do that saera" she looks around "where's father?" We all still at her question. Fuck.
She sees our faces and asks "mother where is father? He should be here. He would be here" she's very attached to Laenor. There's stories of their bond. I start "saera-" she shakes her head tears filling her eyes "no! Where is he! I want to see him and I want to see him now!" Rhaenyra says "you shouldn't be working yourself up like this my love" "where is he?!" She says. Her breathing frantic. Rhaenys sits on her bed and takes her hand "look at me saera" she does. "Grandmother why isn't he here? Did he go on his trip he's been wanting to? Is he on his way back? Where is he?" She asks. She knows. I can tell by the tears in her eyes that have fallen. She just doesn't want to believe it. She's in so much pain and he's not even truly gone.
"The gods have taken him on his final voyage with laena" Rhaenys tells her and she shakes her head crying. "No. He...he wouldn't. He said he'd be okay. And." She breaks and Rhaenys holds her shaking and crying body. "I...I left him on the beach. And...w-what if I could've stopped him...saved him" she sniffles. Rhaenyra speaks "there was an attack my sweet. He perished there" not wanting her to think Laenor killed himself after she left him. To blame herself.
She cries. I step up and take her from Rhaenys with a nod "it hurts" she cries. I stroke her hair "I know. I know. The pain will pass...not today. Or the next. But it will"
Saera's pov It's been a few days and I've said my last goodbyes to my father. Daemon by my side. Him and his daughters are coming to dragonstone with us. He's going to marry my mother. I guess within their loss they found one another. Meraxes has grown in my absence. I walk to her seeing her with caraxes and she raises her head with a call to me. I smile "hey girl" and I stroke her scales.
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We're going back home today. She nudes me and I smile "I missed you too" footsteps. I hear her hiss and turn and see daemon. He chuckles "ready?" I nod and climb onto meraxes that I've refused to saddle. They're wild animals. They shouldn't have to wear such a thing. We take off to dragonstone. And then we watch daemon and my mother marry. I look away as they kiss. Once it's done I leave and head to the spot my father and I found.
