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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐀𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋

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The Seasnake's perspective of his adoptive daughter had changed after witnessing her duel with Daemon. Despite having greatly impressed the Rogue Prince during their first meeting, Corlys's resolve to forbid Maevys from joining the Battle for the Stepstones remained unchanged. He did truly consider her asset but the more he thought about it, the more apprehensive he became.

Maevys might have been a bastard daughter, but she was still his daughter and he did not want any of his daughters to be near a battle or war fought between men. Which ultimately led him to deny her participation.

After hearing the reason for the abrupt duel between Daemon and her daughter during her absence, Princess Rhaenys was never more proud, more so after listening to the compliments uttered by her younger cousin who was amazed by Maevys's sword and fighting skills. Nevertheless, much to Maevys's disdain, Rhaenys shared the same opinion as her dear husband.

The Velaryon lady sulked for days and nights thereafter her parents denied her reasonings. She was also beginning to doubt Daemon's promise of helping her convince Corlys and Rhaenys since all the time she had noticed him roaming in Driftmark and High Tide, he was doing anything but that. In fact, the Targaryen prince even seemed persuaded by the Lord and Lady of High Tide. He eventually wavered to side with Maevys's parents and told her they only meant her well.

Which Maevys understood. The talk of war was not one to be uttered about so lightly after all.

Still, she had a hunch that Daemon was not exactly opposed to the idea of her coming along. One extra fighter was not much but an additional dragon could mean a lot of difference between victory and failure. Moreover, since the rule of the Targaryen dynasty, having a dragon was highly notable.

Maevys did everything she could in her power to nudge and prove her parents otherwise. As the days passed and the prelude of the battle neared, her anxiety and worry only grew. She became more unsettled after she once had a nightmare of the Triarchy and the Crabfeeder stomping over her father's troops to defeat them, resulting in a field of Velaryon soldiers impaled and staked into the sand, with the crabs feasting on their flesh and blood until only bones remained. Even though her mother and Laena tried to reassure her that she was probably overthinking it, her unease did not go away and persisted, and she only became even more anxious and paranoid.

Laenor, her younger brother, who was two years younger than her had become her next target after Corlys had agreed to let him join along. Not only was he a grown man now, but he had to fulfil the expectations of being the son of the Lord of the Tides and a fine knight. She had hoped he would put good words for her to their parents since he was just as excited as she was to ride to battle in glory on Dragonback finally, it was going to be his first battle too.

However, to no avail. Even he was eventually convinced that Maevys should not come.

The daughter of Rhaenys's disappointment did not go unnoticed when more and more of her family started to band together, all set on disagreeing and insisting that she should stay behind. In spite of the repudiations and dismay she faced, Maevys did not give up. The more she was rejected, the more inclined she was to prove them wrong. She even purposely trained before her family to show them her abilities, to charm them, even. She was never a rebellious child yet soon, she became one under the influence of Daemon whom she had gotten close to after their last match.