Wicked Game

Chapter 2

As I left the solar, my mind started to spin around. I was curios to know what uncle Oberyn wanted to say but I had no idea what it could be. I still couldn't believe what was about to happen. I would travel to Kings Landing. Not even in a million years I would have thought that this might happen. Since I was a child I loved traveling. I had visited so many cities and places in Dorne, first with my father, then with uncle Oberyn and Ellaria. I loved discovering new cultures, learning new languages, meeting new people. When I was younger I got taught high Valyrian and some Dothraki language by a stranger who travelled from Essos to Dorne. He knew a lot of stories and he told me everything about the Targaryens. From Balerion the Black Dread to the Mad King, every little detail of their story. It fascinated me. I also learned a lot about Rhaegar Targaryen and his wife, Elia, the woman I was named after. This was a special topic, because Father and Oberyn never talked about her. Even after all this years you could still see the pain in their eyes. The loss they had to sustain. My uncle once told me that as children, just like Tyene and me, he and Elia were inseparably. They had only an age difference of a year so they spent most of the time together. They travelled a lot together, visited places like Casterly Rock. But I also heard that she was very weak when it came to health and that the birth of her children nearly killed her. I wish I had met her. It is said that she was a beauty with a kind heart. I really couldn't understand why Rhaegar Targaryen left her for another woman. That must have been awful for her. In the tavern I often hear people say that the treason of Rhaegar and Lyanna costed Elias life. I was very upset when this man left Dorne. I never saw him again. The first words I learned were „valar morghulis" and „valar dohaeris". He also gave me a coin which I should use when everything is falling apart. He was a little odd but always kind. Yet he refused to meet my father. If I hadn't had this coin, I might have asked myself if he had only been an illusion.

I kicked a little stone out of my way while I was walking to the water gardens. For a minute I considered to return to my cousins but I wasn't in a mood to keep fighting. My concentration was definitely vanished. I reached a bench close to the water and took a seat. I closed my eyes and enjoyed the blazing sun. Suddenly a shadow crossed my face and I squinted my eyes. I smiled when I recognized the person in front of me.

„Is this seat taken?" Tyene asked quietly.

I shook my head and only a second later she sat next to me. A pleasant silence spread between us until Tyene chimed in.

„So...what did he talk about? Is everything all right?"

I turned my head and looked her straight in the eyes. She seemed concerned, a small line was on her forehead. It was impossible to hide something from her. I took a deep breath while my head sinked.

„Father asked me to travel with uncle Oberyn to Kings Landing for the Kings wedding."

I looked up from the ground and turned to Tyene. She looked shocked.

"That's a big honor. What will you do?"

I shrugged my shoulders.

"I guess I'll go with uncle Oberyn. I mean, I am my father's eldest child, it's my duty, isn't it?"

Tyene hold on for a moment, then she nodded.

" I think so."

Suddenly her smile turned sad.

"What's wrong?" I asked concerned, unhappy about her condition.

"It's just...I will miss you."

I embraced my cousin while I tried to hide my tears. I would bloody miss her too. Even I was just sitting next to her, it already felt as if I was light-years away from her. We removed from each other and she took the word.

"Well, at least I can take an advantage of it."

I looked confused at her, recognizing the devious smile on her face.

"I can have your room while you're gone."

As quick as a flash she jumped off the bench and started to run away knowing that I would follow her immediately, whilst shouting „over my dead body!"

I know, it was a little bit short, I promise the next one will be longer :)

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