Dragon's Reprieve

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Daemon sits in his solar staring at the wall with his head in Lady Tyrin's lap as she strokes his hair back from his face. They had become friends in the time Johanna had been away and bonded over the loss of the Princes who were like sons to Lady Tyrin who had helped protect and raise them under the rule of Robert Baratheon.

They sat in silence, as they often did in this moments alone but were interupted by the knocking of a maid who slips into the solar with a nervous look on her face.

"My King?"

"What?!" Daemon roars as he sits up and turns to the maid who quakes under the Targaryen King's fury as she stutters out her message as Lady Tyrin looks at the maid with pity.

"The Queen is in the Great Hall with her youngest children." Her words make Daemon still before he shares a glance with Lady Tyrin who looks back at him with shock.

"Repeat your words?" the Lady commands and the maid repeats.

"The Queen is in the Greath Hall with her son youngest son, the Prince Tommen and daughter the Princess Ellyn."


Daemon looks down at his wife who stood before the Iron Throne and the court who were looking at her in suspsion as she clutched at both Tommen's and Ellyn's hands even though Tommen looked uncomfortable as he looked up at his Step-Father.

"Why have you come back?" Daemon questions his voice void of emotion as he looked at the woman he loved-and still loved he thought.

"I heard of Robert Baratheon's plot," Johanna calls in a dry voice that sounds like it had not been used for several days. "I swear upon anything you wish I had no part in it."

"Swear upon my sons. Swear upon Prince Maegor and Prince Aemond." Daemon demands making the hall fall silent as they watched the Queen who bowed her head at the sound of her late sons' names.

"I swear upon Prince Maegor and Prince Aemond's memories I had no hand in their deaths." Johanna says as she swallows the lump in her throat as Ellyn clutches at her mother who hugs her as Tommen steps back from his mother and sister catching Daemon's eye.

"And you Tommen?" he calls "Do you swear you had no part in your brother's deaths?"

"I do."

"How can I believe your word?"

"What do you wish for me to swear upon?"

Daemon smirks at his reply before nodding to his mother and sister "Upon the lives of your mother and sister."

"I swear upon the lives of my mother and sister I had no hand in my brothers' deaths."

"You have my forgiveness. Come let us mourn our son." At Daemon's words Johanna's face crumples and tears start to pour down her face.

"I have a request." Tommen calls out silencing the court once again as everyone including his mother and sister turn to look at him.

"Yes?" Daemon asks "What is this request?"

"That I am the one to take Robert Baratheon's head." Tommen calls into the deathly silent hall "I know I am not the eldest nor the father, but I wish to be the one to take his head."

Eyes go to Aegon and Daemon who have a silent conversation before Aegon nods as he turns to his brother who straightens at his eldest brothers's daze.

"I will fight you for the honour."


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