When rhaelys returned home she took a long soak in the bathtub. Robyn came in to scrub her.
"So you killed it?"
"No I didn't, it did not feel right. Although I did kill the boar."
Rhaelys starts to get out and Robyn helps her. She gets dressed when suddenly the was a knock. Robyn goes to open the door.
Alicent enters and Robyn leaves to give them privacy.
"I bring news"
"What news?"
Rhaelys sits by her vanity and alicent approaches grabbing the brush off of the table and starts brushing Rhaelys's hair.
"Vaemond Velaryon has sent your father a plea for help. Your father decided to send aid."
"Really? What changed his mind?"
"I told him what you said about where there crabfeeder would go next and asked him some questions."
"Mm."
Alicent starts styling Rhaelys's hair.
"Do you think I could help?"
"How?You are not a knight."
"You're right but I do have a dragon."
"You could still be hurt. And the king would never let you go." Alicent points out.
"Not if he didn't know."
Rhaelys turns to Alicent." I'm going to help"
"You could die"
"Then I'll name aegon my heir, at least then the realm would get the male heir it so desires for."
*******
Rhaelys entered the council room and saw her father and Rhaenyra sitting and conversing. She took a seat.
"Father.Sister."Rhaelys nods her head at them in greeting.
"Rhaelys. Are you ready to go?"
"Yes. I came to say goodbye."Rhaelys told her father.
"Well don't stay away to long. And remember to go through some of the marriage proposals, seen as Rhaenyra will be starting a tour."
"Of course father." She stood up from her seat and walked close to her father giving him a hug. She held him tight in her arms not wanting to let go.
"I love you, kepa."
Rhaelys let's go and kisses him on the cheek before walking out.
****
She arrived in Dragonstone in one piece with steffon by her side. The maids took her bags.
"Well what is on the agenda today princess?"
Rhaelys looks to him. "We are to get ready."
"Ready for what?"
"We will be going to the stepstones. I will be helping them"
"No. No."he starts shaking his head." You not trained for war Rhaelys."
"I won't be fighting in the battle on the ground. I will be fighting from the air on dragon back."She says.
"Does the king know?"
"What he doesn't know won't kill him."
"What will happen when you don't return Hine when you should?"he says trying to changer her mind. What he didnt k is was that Rhaelys made up her mind and it wasn't going to change.
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The Dragon Queen
Hayran KurguBeing a twin in a royal family, people expect you to be loved. But Rhaelys was not, well at least not by her father and she blamed her sister for it all. Ambition for a son killed her mother. Desperation for an successor made her heir. But a power...
