Ties & Lies - English translation.

The arrival of the heiress

Early 112 AC
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The start of the new moon was marked with the going of Sir Laenor and Princess Rhaenyra to the local festivities of Driftmark. It was two weeks full of drinks, dancing and food, During this period, the couple's rapprochement became clear. Cogumelo says that the couple slept more in those two weeks than in the first three years of marriage.

Shortly after the couple's return to King's Landing, the arrival of another heir was announced and again the whispers returned "will it be a child born with characteristics of the patrol commander?"

The couple was sure not, it would be the couple's first child of that Rhaenyra was sure.

The birth of the child Velaryon

After breakfast with her family, Rhaenyra walked through the fortress going to the sacred grove, during her pregnancy she was rarely found in her chambers, everyone knew that she did not have a certain appreciation for her duty having a womb after her mother's death, however she loved pregnancy, she loved the feeling of loving and being able to imagine what her child would be like, before 110 AC she didn't understand the feeling of building a family, she never had the best memories, but after the birth of Jacaerys she understood, she spent her first gestation trying to understand how it was possible to love something she had never seen, touched and only felt, she hated the pain, but the kicks made her feel it the baby so she learned to love instead of endure  and it was no different the second time.

Rhaenyra was forced out of her thoughts when she felt liquid running down her legs and with the contractions.

The screams were heard throughout the red fortress, Princess Rhaenyra went into labor and the commotion began, servants, maesters, midwives were seen running towards the princess's room, who found her pacing from one side to the other and grunting of pain.

— Princess, let us help, the birth will be more difficult this way – commented the maester.

— I can do it, you won't make me suffer more than necessary for the birth of my child.

The servants' despair arose when they noticed that the princess was not seeking help, a servant was sent to look for Laenor, but found him arriving at the chambers with a dragon egg to place in the cradle.

— Rhaenyra – Laenor says, quickly entering the room. — Nyra, you needed to lie down, receive help from the midwives and maester – he began to say, approaching his wife — For the child, my dear.

Rhaenyra grumbled but accepted and so the midwives and maesters approached.

— Try hard, my princess – said the midwife.

— As if I wasn't, you bitch – Rhaenyra debated.

Sir Laenor was by his side, more with of a hindrance than a help, but he didn't want to leave his side, not this time, when his daughter would be born. He was sure it was his, not that he didn't have such feelings for his first child, but this pregnancy was something he would never have expected, he didn't believe he had the capacity to do such a thing, but he felt it was his, he dreamed of this child, with this girl.

Laenor's thoughts were interrupted by the midwife's speech.

— The baby doesn't want to come out.

— What do you mean you 'don't want to go out'? – replied Laenor.

— The baby won't come out, it's as if he doesn't want to — said the midwife.

— Shut the fuck up — Rhaenyra shouted amidst her efforts.

the first stars were already being seen when the child was finally born.

— It's a girl, a girl – said the midwife, holding the child in her arms and then handing it to Rhaenyra.

— My girl, my sweet Visenya – Rhaenyra said tiredly.

Visenya, years Rhaenyra had been pining for her beloved Visenya.

With Valerian characteristics, violet eyes, curly silver hair and black skin. She was the only child of Sor Laenor not to be called a bastard.

The birth was very tiring for Rhaenyra, after the birth she was unable to stay awake, however Laenor did not leave the little princess's side.

The king went to meet the couple to see his first granddaughter, but upon arriving at the chambers he found his daughter sleeping peacefully while Laenor was sitting on the sofa with the child.

Upon noticing the King's presence, Laenor gets up handing her daughter over to him.

— At these moments I realize how unaccustomed I am to such a small being — said the king, looking at the small child in his arms.

— I must say the same my king, so small but she manages to have all my love, I thought I would lose her – said Laenor.

The king looked at Laenor.

— You know Laenor, when Aemma was pregnant with Baelon, Rhaenyra said it would be a girl, Aemma had told me that even the name she had already chosen - a slight smile appeared on the king's lips remembering the past. — Visenya, that was her name, when I found out that she had her little girl, this memory came to mind, perhaps I can say that she had been waiting a long time for this moment, to have her Visenya. So watching her raise a family fills me with joy.

Sor Laenor smiles, nodding his head.

After Visenya's birth, news of her characteristics inherited from her father spread throughout Westeros.

The people who say that Lord Corlys cried when he found out and couldn't contain himself and sailed to King's Landing and Rhaenys went on her dragon.

Hears a family celebration between the Velaryon and Targaryens when Rhaenyra has recovered.

At dinner Rhaenyra was quite happy, talking to everyone and especially with Alicent, it was not surprising because in 110AC they became pregnant together, the queen's third pregnancy and the princess's first, this event brought the two together again, they were always seen together. Alicent did not have a large age difference in relation to the princess, the queen often treated the princess as a daughter, as she was more experienced when it came to pregnancy, giving advice, talking about the best teas to alleviate pain and this filled the heart of the king of happiness, he felt and he was right, that the relationship between the two had been restored.

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