Betrothed to the Prince of Valyria

The Unexpected Proposal

Saera's POV
I love it when the air goes through my white-silver silky hair as i ride Lyaxes, the breeze hitting my face and stroking my sky blue velvet dress. This is my happiness ,my freedom, the place I run away to whenever I'm tired of the life i have down there, our palace.

Being the firstborn of Princess Alyssa and Lord Boriv, one of the most prominent lords in the Kingdom, has many responsibilities. So, having a dragon thanks to my mother's blood is a blessing.

My bond with Lyaxes is like no other. We share same thoughts, same feelings whenever we fly, even sometimes when we're separated. She feels my worries and becomes all grumpy whenever i am sad. Merexa, my mother's dragon, laid 5 eggs when my mom was pregnant with me, they hatched by the time i was 1 year old. They say that i went straight to Lyaxes and took her to be mine out of 5. 4 other were kept for my siblings by the Dragonkeepers.

It is said that there are hundreds of wild dragons in the world, even i saw at least 5-6 in our territory. But only 23 of them are at Valyrian command bonded to my blood relatives. There is no bigger power in the world than ours and no kingdom that does not obey us. Dragons are gift of the Gods to my kin.

I got separated from my thoughts as i spotted large group of cavalry and a carriage enter our castle. At first I thought that they brought some news from my father, who is in the capital city at the moment. Until i spotted the royal red banners alongside our blue ones as i got closer. But who is in the carriage?

"Tegot embrot, Lyaxes" (Land down) I commanded. She landed to the large area near the castle where i train my little brother to tame and command his dragon. I got off of Lyaxes as soon as her wings hit the ground, and rushed into the castle. An unfamiliar dragon was at the opposite side of the castle, near the searocks. He was not wild but he was much older and a bit larger than my own beast. Probably this dragon landed a few minutes earlier than me, otherwise i would have seen him. Curiosity took over me as i nearly run inside to find out why the fuck in the seven hells the royals are here...

On my way to grate hall i heard my maid Melissa calling "Princess, my lady , wait" as she was running to catch up with me. Also, i should mention that being the oldest daugther, only i inherit my mothers "Princess" status.

"What is it Mel?" I asked annoyed.

"Princess let me take your coat and gloves at least, His Majesty the King and The Queen are there in the great hall" she said panting.

"Yeah you are probably right, here, take" I started to take my gloves off "Do you know why are they here anyway? Did something happen to my father?"

She moved her head side to side " No, Princess, sire is perfectly fine, however i don't know the reason why King and Queen are here. They have just arrived"

I nodded as my tense body relaxed with the information of my father being fine. This unexpected visit had me thinking that something bad happened to him. Mel quickly fixed my messy hair then i was ready to enter the hall.

The guards opened the door and suddenly everyone's attention turned to me. I greeted the King with a curtsy " Your Majesty" then i turned to the Queen who seems like, was chatting with my mom and sisters before i entered " Your highness" i curtsied to her as well.

Both King and Queen gave me their most genuine smiles. I don't remember them that much because i was 7 last time i saw them.

"Look who is here, come sweetheart" The Queen said joyfully. Next thing i did was running to my dad and hug him tightly, he hasn't been home for 2 weeks.

"She has become a fine lady, such a beauty." King Baelor said turning to my father.
"Dear, she took her beauty from Princess Alyssa, no wonder she is gorgeous" Queen answers back quickly with a charming smile. Somehow my father's expression was neither happy nor grateful. "You honor me Your Grace" i said expressing my gratitude bowing slightly.

A few hours passed as we sat at the balcony Queen, my mom, me and my sisters chatting about daily life, our science and harp lessons.
Queen Haelysanne is very pleasant to have a conversation. She is nice and elegant just like my mother. I could not take my eyes off of her beautiful burgundy dress with dragon patterns ot the chest part. Her silver hair is naturally wavy unlike our silky straight ones. I cant help but giggle seeing my two little sisters Saella and Syrea watching Queen's every move with sparkling eyes. When i asked about their reason for being here, she said that they just wanted to pay their cousin a visit. Turns out, the King Baelor came here on dragonback but Queen simply choose carriage just become she felt tired.

I took a quick glance towards the King walking with my father and my two brothers Aenar and Aemon having their usual sword practice in the yard. Aenar and Saella are twins and only 1,5 years younger than me. But Aenar always claims to be older just because he was born 10 minutes earlier. Boys will be boys.

After an hour every was at the dining hall, around the table. Everyone was eating silently until the King decided to break the silence turning to my mom "My dear cousin, everything looks and tastes great. It is so pleasant having dinner with such a great family."
Clearing her throat " I am glad you are pleased Your Grace" my mother responded with a smile.

"I wish our Taeron was here as well, but anyways we are going to meet more oftenly from now on" The Queen spat out then covered her mouth as if she said something she shouldn't have. It took me minutes to understand/process what was she referring too. I silently hoped it was not what I assumed. My blood started boiling. I looked straight to my father who kept his head low, avoiding my gaze.

"Forgive me, Your Grace, but for what occasion exactly are we going to meet oftenly? It's not like I wouldn't be glad, but capital city is too far from our lands" Sensing my uneasynes my mother asked Queen Haelysanne.

The King cleared his throat and began speaking. " Well i was going to discuss this matter with you tomorrow morning, but if my Queen opened this matter, let it be now. Cousin, i made this proposal to Lord Boriv while we were at capital, and he tought we should discuss it all together. It is time for my son, my heir to take a wife. I would be beyond happy if your beautiful Princess Saera would agree to marry Taeron and to be the future Queen consort. The reunion of our families would make our kingdom stronger than ever, for the sake of Valyria. What do you say?"

At that time i was seeing fucking red. I stood up abruptly making loud noise. "Your Majesty, would you excuse me. I need to go to my room" Clenching my teeth forced my voice to be as nice as possible to not to cross my line. King dumbfoundedly nodded, obviously he thought I would be happy and run to their arms to marry their Prince whom I don't know at all. With that i stormed out of the room.