Traitor / Larys Strong / Otto Hightower (3)

25. Fake

"Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur..."

"Sorry, Aelsa the prince-" Alaric began.

"Get out!" Lila demanded.

"Well, that was rude. " Aelsa countered. Lila shrugged.

"Well, I know but he means well. Sing." lila countered. Aelsa chuckled. No one interrupted soft kitty.

"There is your lannister fire." she agreed. " Happy kitty, sleepy kitty..."

"What are you trying to pull, mama?" Lila demanded. "From the top."

" Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur..."

"You are late." aemond demanded. 

"You dont interrupt soft kitty." Aelsa countered taking her seat. "What did I miss besides nothing?" she sassed. 

"Lord Ormund Hightower makes slow progress." Jasper went on. 

"See?" Aelsa sassd. "Nothing." Council meetings were tedious. Aelsa and ollivander had competitions who could spin the marble the longest. The marbles represented which house they were in. Aegon would always smile spinning his marble as well but Aemond left his untouched. Tyland rolled his eyes back at his cousin as it spun back into its hole.

" There is great concern that his host is threatened on two fronts by armies allied with House Beesbury." Jasper remarked. "However, in happier tidings, Prince Daeron's dragon, Tessarion, has at last taken to wing. Your brother expects to join the fight soon."

"Soon. So nothing right now." Aelsa agreed. "Great, anything of actual importance to report?"

" Dragon!" was shouted from outside.

" And when he does, the Hightower host will be unstoppable." Jasper finished but Aemond rose up going outside to see what was going on.

" Dragon! Inside! Now!"

"Well that seems like a now problem." Aelsa remarked. Ollivander peered around Aemond seeing a dragon in the sky. 

"Who is that?" He questioned

"Silverwing." Aemond whispered. 

"Take positions!"

"She is unclaimed." Aelsa countered. 

"She has a rider." Olivander corrected. Aemond looked up at silverwing soaring over the city before rushing down. 

"AEMOND!" Aelsa demanded rushing after him. "What am I doing?" She countered turning back around. Let him die for all she cared. He jumped on a horse slapping at the reigns.

"Open the gates!" Aemond demanded charging out and getting to Vhagar. He flew seeing that Rhaenyra had strengthened her arsenal of dragons. Vermithor and Silverwing, Seasmoke...

"No vhagar no. Flee vhagar," aemond begged he knew she loved a fight but when he caught sight of Dragonstone he couldn't go up against four dragons. "Turn around." Rhaenyra's dragon army was strengthening. 

"I surmise things didn't go well on his journey on dragonback." Larys remarked as Aemond marched past muttering to himself.

"We don't know that," Aelsa assured Aemond slammed the door and wailed out growling like the dragon he was.

"I assume things didn't go well." Larys repeated.

"We still don't know that. He could be being murdered." Aelsa offered hopefully. She knocked on the door a moment later. "What happened?" She demanded.

"She claimed three dragons." Aemond seethed. "Vermithor, Silverwing and Seasmoke."

"That's a problem." Aelsa agreed. 

"A problem?" Aemond demanded marching towards her. Aelsa didnt flinch. "They now have three of the largest dragons on their side. We have vhagar and tessarion and dreamfyre."

"Well then you shouldnt have tried to kill your brother." Aelsa shouted back. Aemond hesitated. "Burning him and his dragon, you lost a great dragon trying to rid yourself of your burden that was your brother."

"Meleys-"

"Yes she did the worst to Sunfyre but you did it." Aelsa decided. Aemond didnt breathe. "And now I know I'm right." 

"What?" Aemond whispered. 

"I was bluffing and you confirmed it. Guilt all over your face!" She shouted. "Now you are mad that she claimed the dragons when you have been playing dictator over here instead of getting the job done." 

"You are my hand-"

"I'm not!" Aelsa shouted. "You wanted Otto and he isnt here and he's not coming." Aelsa threw down the letter. "Because he doesnt believe in you either." 

"Was the letter convincing?" Larys questioned. 

"It angered alicent enough to run off into the woods and Aemond is surely being a big baby right now seeing he isnt hot stuff." Aelsa agreed. "That was smart, a fake raven." Aelsa chuckled. 

"Thank you my love." Larys agreed.