Born to Die

Chapter 40

Aemeryn awoke to Aemond's lips sliding along her neck and collar bone. She squirmed and smiled softly when his face came into view.

"What are you doing?" She asked sleepily as she felt his hand glide up her thigh and push the shirt she was wearing up.

"What do you think I'm doing?" He replied with a grin as he pressed his lips to hers. Aemeryn giggled against his mouth and tangled her fingers in his hair. Her giggle turned into a moan when he thrust against her and rubbed his shaft along her clit. Aemond grinned against her lips and trailed kisses down her jaw to her neck.

"Aemond," Aemeryn half whined half moaned as he continued to thrust and tease her. She ran her fingers through his hair and tugged quickly and harshly. Aemond hissed and thrust into Aemeryn all at once.

Aemeryn let out a strangled moan and arched into Aemond. His face came into view again with an arched brow. Aemeryn smiled and kissed the tip of his nose; Aemond rolled his eye and kissed her gently before rocking into her. She tangled her fingers in his hair again but didn't pull harshly.

Aemond refused to go faster no matter how much Aemeryn begged and pleaded. He simply kept his lips glued to whatever skin he could get to on her. His forearms were on either side of her head supporting most of his weight. She could feel each and every inch sliding in and out of her and was beginning to think she was going to go completely mad.

"Come for me, Em. I need it," Aemond groaned into Aemeryn's ear before dragging his lips down her cheek and jawbone again. Aemeryn let out a whimper and grabbed Aemond's wrists. He pulled his lips away from her neck and looked down at her face. "Look at me when you come, Aemeryn."

Aemeryn groaned louder as she felt herself clench around Aemond as she began to come. His violet eye stayed glued to her own as he began to come as well. A soft moan left Aemond's lips, and Aemeryn bit her lip hard. He pressed a final soft kiss to her lips before he pulled out of her and pulled her to his chest so they could return to sleep.

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The first thing that Aemeryn noticed when she joined her family to break her fast was that Joffrey wasn't at the table. She frowned as she took her seat next to Daemon and felt Aemond squeeze her leg before he began to fix her plate.

"Where's Joff?"

Daemon and Rhaenyra both looked at Aemeryn once she broke the awkward silence around the table. Jace, Baela, and Rhaena continued to eat their food in silence, but Jace had his gaze on his sister.

"Your father and I took the boys to Driftmark before anyone awoke this morning. We hope they are safer there than here once we leave today."

"Driftmark is even less protected than Dragonstone right now. Almost all if not all men are marching for us," Aemeryn stated as panic began to set in. Surely her parents wouldn't send her brothers to their deaths.

"That may be true, but Aegon has no fleet. Driftmark was cleared before we left the boys there. Unless Aegon flees the battle and goes to Driftmark, they are safer there than here," Rhaenyra said calmly. Of course they would have made sure that Driftmark was as safe as possible before leaving Joffrey, Aegon, and Viserys there. "There were some men remaining to protect Driftmark on your brother's order."

Aemeryn and Aemond turned their attention to their plates. She had hoped that her father would be honest about the letter from Aegon, but he remained silent as he slowly ate his food. It seemed that he was going to see this to the end.

"We need to discuss the battle before we go in," Daemon said as he popped a piece of fruit in his mouth. Aemeryn forced herself to swallow her own fruit, and Aemond just kept staring at his plate. "The men are already there. They arrived last night."