To Take What Is Rightfully Ours

Chapter 48. The Royal Tournament

Neither the King nor the Queen were at the lounge yet when Diane, Aegon, and Otto walked in. They were apparently a little bit early because most of the seats were empty. Diane greeted Corlys and Rhaenys with a polite smile and Aegon waved at them excitedly. He didn't know who they were but he was a friendly kid. Rhaenys gave Otto a weird side-eye but then waved back at Aegon with a small smile. After all, the little prince was adorable and no one could resist his charms.

While Otto sat at his seat and proceeded to silently contemplate all of his previous life choices, Diane and Aegon joined Daemon and Rhaenyra. The princess was sitting in her seat, obviously taking a break, while Daemon was standing a little bit to the side and rocking Visenya in his arms.

'I didn't know Visenya was joining us,' Diane pointed out with a small smile and sat on the seat near Rhaenyra, putting Aegon on her lap.

The princess snorted, 'Not for long, I hope.'

'We are just trying to get her to sleep before Bianca comes and takes her,' Daemon explained. 'Because otherwise, she will let everyone know how upset she is with us,' the prince grumbled, even though the fondness was very clear in his voice.

'Any luck?'

Daemon turned Visenya to Diane and declared, 'Wide awake.'

Visenya made an "ah!" sound to prove a point.

'It's just probably too many new sights and noises for her to fall asleep,' Diane said thoughtfully. 'But if you find me something akin to a blanket - not a see-through though - we might try a trick that worked for Aemond.'

'What about this?' Rhaenyra picked up a black throw blanket. 'We took it with us to wrap her in case it gets chilly,' she added.

They wanted to leave Visenya at the Red Keep with Bianca at first but they quickly realized that this idea wasn't sustainable because Rhaenyra needed to breastfeed around every three hours. The tournament would definitely last more than that and they couldn't possibly make a few trips from the Tourney Grounds to Red Keep and then back so it was smart to just take Visenya with them and make Bianca look after her there.

'Should work. Alright, let's trade,' Diane said, passing Aegon over to Rhaenyra and taking a throw blanket from her. 'Now give me my sweet little sister,' Diane added, and Daemon passed Visenya over. 'Hi there,' Diane smiled at the baby who seemed to have no objections to the change of scenery. 'Let me just put you right here,' she cradled the girl with one arm and then put a blanket over her like a shield, hooking one corner of it to her dress and creating a sort of tent. Then Diane positioned the cloth in a way that would let fresh air in while simultaneously letting in very little sunlight. 'There you go,' she smiled, feeling that Visenya managed to get ahold of one of her fingers and immediately put it in her mouth.

'You think it will work?' Daemon asked. He wasn't precisely skeptical but it looked like way too easy of a solution.

'Well, nothing else did so what's the harm in trying?'

The prince chuckled, 'True, I guess.'

'Nyra, Nyra,' Aegon suddenly exclaimed, pulling the princess' attention back to himself. 'Do you know there will be horses here today?!'

Rhaenyra smiled, 'Yes, I do. Are you excited to see the tourney?'

'Yes! Mommy said there will be blood!' the boy exclaimed excitedly. Daemon snorted in the background. Rhaenyra raised an eyebrow.

'Now, now, I said there might be blood,' Diane corrected. 'I didn't promise anything.'

'Oh well...' Aegon's face turned thoughtful for a second. 'Let's hope so!'