❝ There was a feeling of inevitability when I met you. And our lives were fated to converge like some cosmic dance. And I think I had to break your heart and you had to break mine. ❞
As Cressida Black's lungs ceased to draw breath, Aurelia Martell's...
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Her sister was covered in something red when she came back from where she'd gone the night before.
Amma had spent all night worrying, though she had tried to make sure she wouldn't realize it. She had spent the night with Amma and the babies, while her father was with Ali and Aegon.
A thick silence overcame the whole hunting party as Nyra walked towards them, hauling something white with Edrick's help.
Every single one of the courtiers, especially their father, stared at her with weird expressions on their faces while she walked towards her tent. However, as soon as she disappeared from everyone's sight, all tongues started wagging. The cacophony of voices made it impossible for Danae to understand what they were saying. This left the young princess very confused, and her pale brows unknowingly furrowed in a funny way.
Something had happened, she was very sure of it, but she did not know what.
Danae crossed her arms, tapping her foot while thinking very hard, and tried to come up with an explanation. Nyra's presence always drove people to stare at her and wherever she went, everyone would always smile at her. Then, greetings would always follow, and her sister would graciously return every single one of them. Sometimes, a few ladies would compliment her, praising her dresses or the hairstyle she wore that day.
That thought made her furrow disappear.
Aha!
It had finally dawned on the little girl what had actually happened.
In her eyes, Rhaenyra had always been the most beautiful girl in the Seven Kingdoms. Her older sister, no matter if she had just woken up or came back completely disheveled after riding Syrax, always looked pretty to her. Still, not everyone spent as much time with Nyra as her. Today, however, when her sister had come back covered in that red liquid, everyone had finally realized how beautiful she had always been.
Danae looked around and nodded approvingly to anyone who met her eye, very pleased with the whole situation.
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As soon as Viserra enters her son's tent, she immediately realizes that the issue must be serious. No servants or squires were present in the room, only Aurelia and Edrick talking quietly as her twins played on the floor.
She goes to sit in front of her son, who has his forehead in his hand, massaging his temples as if to rub away his stress.
"What is the problem? Why did the two of you summon me with such haste?"
"Because I underestimated how much we failed Rhaenyra."
Even Aurelia's voice sounds tired and as she looks at her, truly looks at the girl who is one the closest things she has to a daughter, Viserra sees the circles under her eyes, the redness of them and wonders why it is that she is only now seeing it.
