The news of the King's death spread all over the Red Keep. Lyarra didn't know what the main thing Lyarra was worried or scared about was her children, what was the small council thinking about to do with her children. It made her so nervous every moment she was scared of what the lord was thinking about. She was also nervous and sad about the King's death even though he had always been cold to her and hurt her. There were times where the two of them were happy but the thought of her never seeing him again made her upset. Lyarra was confused on how she felt about his death.
The Nursery
Lyarra was putting Baelon and Aemon down for their bedtime as she put them to bed she kissed their foreheads. Where Jaehaerys did not want to go to bed, Lyarra turned around to see the three year old with cross arm in front of his chest with an upset face "Come on Jaehaerys please it is time to go to bed." Jaehaerys shook his head "NO!" was all he said Lyarra walked closer to him and kneeled in front of him "Please sweet boy you must sleep." "What if my father comes back and I am sleeping." Lyarra placed a hand on his cheek and kissed his forehead "My sweet boy." Lyarra picked up Jaehaerys and walked him over to the window and they looked out to the sea Lyarra to sing a melody her mother used to sing to her and every time her mother would sing it she would go to sleep the same as the three boys.
Once she was done she put Jaehaerys down in his bed she pulled the covers over him and kissed his forehead. She looked at the wet nurses and she gave them a smile before sitting down in a chair. Lyarra rubs her belly after feeling the baby kick and looks out the window hoping, praying that it's not true and that it was a bad dream that Maegor's death is not real and that her boys have their father and their unborn child has a father to meet. Lyarra rubs her belly after feeling the baby kick.
The doors open revealing Visenya walking in Lyarra looks to her mother by law and smiles a little Visenya walks over to Lyarra and sits down next to her, Visenya looks to the boys while they sleep peacefully "How are the children?" "Baelon and Aemon are fine but Jaehaerys even though i told him he still believes his father will walk in through those doors at any moment." Visenya turns to Lyarra "And you?" "I do not know how to feel. I know me and him never had a normal marriage but a part of me did care a little about him." Lyarra looks to her mother by law "How are you feeling" "I feel pain but sadness for the boys but mostly the babe." She places a hand on Lyarra's belly "This babe will never know his or her father." Lyarra places her hand on top of Visenya's and she gives a faint smile to her.
"The small council told Aenys." Visenya said to Lyarra "should they not have told him?" Lyarra questioned "Yes and no." "What does that mean?" Lyarra questioned again "Aenys was next in line before Jaehaerys." Visneya pointed out that made Lyarra shake her head "You do not think that Prince Aenys will try to take the throne." "Jaehaerys is still very young; they need someone to reign in place of Maegor." Lyarra shook her head "No they would not do that." Visenya gave Lyarra a faint smile "But what if they do. How can we keep the inheritance while we wait for him to get older enough to rule?" Lyarra looked to her sleeping boys "I do not know but they will not take this right from my son when he is next in line."
Small council Meeting
"I say we have Prince Aeny reign until the Prince Jaehaerys is ready to rule." Lord Alton Butterwell "But what if the Prince Aenys wants to take the throne from his nephew when he comes of age." Lord Jasper Wylde said to the council "Then who do we have rule in place of King Maegor?" Lord Larys Strong questioned. The doors of the small council open up to see Visneya and Lyarra walk in "Your Graces, what are you doing here?" Lord Harroway said to the two women walking in the room "You are talking about my son's inheritance. I think as his mother I should be present when this is being talked about." Lyarra said as she stood right next to queen Visneya "I was going to talk to you after the meeting, your grace." Harroway tried to say before Lyarra began to talk again "Well I am here now so carry on with this meeting while me and her grace is here."
The men in the room are so shocked that they are in the room talking like this "My lord we had an idea that might work for everyone and fix this mess." Visneya said "Excuse me." One of the lords said "What her grace means is that me and Dowager Queen Visneya rule in place of His grace until his son the rightful heir is of age." Lyarra said all the lords were shocked at this idea "Your grace I don't mean to be rude but you are to women you cannot rule." "Technically we can see that Dowager Queen Visenya was the one of the first queens of the seven kingdoms and my husband was the King of the seven Kingdoms making me his queen." Lyarra paused "And My son is the heir of the seven kingdoms. Me and her grace will rule and show my son how to rule a kingdom when is a little older so then when he is of age he can rule."
Visenya smiled at her daughter by law, then she turned to all the lords of the small council "Does this work for everyone?" Visneya questioned. All the lords looked at the two women and then looked at each other until Visneya said "we are not asking this is what is happening and if you do not like it you can see me with Vhagar in a few moments." All the lords gave them their word and that for a time the two women will help to rule the kingdom until Jaehaerys is of age.
The Gardens
Lyarra was walking in the gardens as she stopped and she looked out to the water looking for something she knows is dead and he will never come back.
