THE HEALER PRINCE ( House of dragon reincarnation)(OC x Alicent)

Part 24

Chapter 24

AENYS TARGARYEN

It was early in the morning, and Aenys found himself sitting in the Sea Lord's palace once more. The two of them sat in his solar, and the only sound in the room was of his fingers thrumming on the wooden table as he thought about the proposal from the Sealord.

With Drahar dead, Aenys had little reason to attack the pirates. His real target was now all those who had backed him, and thankfully his associates from a couple of days ago had been friendly enough to give him the name she had missed. Of course, he couldn't move against them openly, at least not yet. But he could just simply chip away their coffers slowly, beggaring them one gold dragon at a time. Yet the Company of Rose had already begun mobilization for his contract and that meant that he would have to pay them half of the contract fee even if he canceled it, and that would be a loss. A massive loss.

"So what do you think? I believe my offer benefits both of us," said Armando Ferosa magnanimously as Aenys's mind raced. The man had offered to buy off the Company of Rose's contract off of him because with the mobilization from Kingslanding Bravos couldn't remain behind and let Kingslanding have control over all of Stepstones. Negotiations were going on yet if Bravos had nothing to bring to the table how could they force even begin to negotiate? And so came his offer.

They would buy off his contract and then use the Company of Rose to conquer parts of Stepstones so they could have an equal negotiation with Kingslanding for the Stepstones. The move was complicated and could further complicate his relationship....

"And please don't worry about the issues from Kingslanding. No one will hear about this from me, and the initial negotiations with Kingslanding have been fruitful and I am confident that we will reach a reasonable accord," assured Armando. But Aenys was doubtful of his words, especially with the new information he had gotten about one of his close confidants.

Though, in the end, he nodded. In the end, it didn't really matter. The pirates were going to die and this way, he wouldn't be stretched so thin and could focus more on the real culprits. Armando smiled enthusiastically at his words.

"Ahh, that is good. I believe this calls for a celebration," and just as he was about to refuse, the man continued, "A private one, of course. Plus, Blair has been dying to meet the lady that stole the Healer Prince's heart."

Aenys could only shake his head at that. Blair was the Sealord's wife and amongst his earlier patients. The woman had been adamant to set him up with one of her relatives though thankfully, Aenys had been able to avoid that disaster. But it would be hardly inappropriate to deny such an invitation, so he nodded.

"We will be happy to attend," Aenys said as the man passed him a wine-filled cup. And Aenys could do nothing as they both toasted and drowned their cups.

"Good, good. Now, tell me Aenys with all this business done when will Bravos see its resident Prince's wedding," questioned the man reminding him of his plans. And the man was right, perhaps it was time.

"We will have to see," aenys shrugged because it truly wasn't just his decision. He would have to talk to Alicent about it as well. They chatted a bit more about various topics before he finally left the Sealord's palace and as his carriage moved past the streets of Bravos he suddenly spotted a shop along the side.

"Jerome, have him turn the carriage and make a stop at Sepia jewelry," Aenys ordered his servant. Jerome nodded and spoke to the driver. Aenys had truly never shopped for a female in quite some time, and so it had only been a month later had he realized that Alicent lacked any jewelry. He had berated himself for his mistake and now it was time to rectify it.