Hello everyone! Ok so I am so so so sorry I have not updated in a very long time! I have been very busy but I wanted to let you know that I thought about coming back to writing this all the time and had a few failed attempts until finally I was inspired and the words just poured out of me! Thank you so much to those who are enjoying this story and have chosen to continue reading even though the lack of updates! I promise from now on I am going to be more onto it with weekly updates because I hate unfinished fan fiction stories! I will probably only update twice a week as I am a pretty slow writer and don't want to rush. Before you read chapter 12 I really encourage you to go back and reread the story or at least chapter 11. Thanks guys and enjoy the story :)


Chapter 12

It was more of an instinct rather than Jon's own action. His hand just found it's way into her clutch and he was thankful that she didn't scowl at him or attempt to pull away as he was expecting her to do so. 'Trust' Jon thought. That was the first step... he had to earn her trust. Davos' voice was echoing in Jon's mind... "Once she trusts you that is when you tell her about the white walkers and ask for her help, as her husband and not a stranger..." But then another voice invaded his mind... his own voice... "Is it wrong? To marry her only for her forces?"

Jon looked at her through the corner of his eye. She was indeed beautiful... the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and he was attracted to her... but every other man was as-well because of her radiating beauty. The honour in Jon meant too much to him to ever marry a woman only because she was beautiful. Jon believed a man had to first love his woman before he could ever marry her. Could he fall in love with another woman? The same type of love he felt for Ygritte? Could he feel that again for Daenerys Targaryen? That he did not know, he only knew that it would take a lot of time and considering he may only have a few short days to fall in love with the Mother of Dragons before their wedding would commence... Jon just may have to betray his honour and beliefs for the sake of his people... even if that meant he had to marry her yet not love her.

As soon as they became within the banquets sight only then did she release his hand. She led the way through crowds of people who made way for their Queen and future King. Jon watched her as she acknowledged those who did to her with nods and smiles. He could tell the people really loved their Queen.
Tyrion and Davos were watching them from the high table and exchanged looks to each other as they both wondered where their King and Queen happened to disappear to.

Dany spoke to her Queen's guard in Dothraki and Jon wondered what she had said to them because once after her sentence the copper skinned men gave Jon a hard stare and Jon felt as if they could see right through him.
They passed through and made their way up the stairs. "What did you tell them?" Jon asked softly.
"I informed him that you were to be their future Khal." she said to him sweetly.
"Khal?" The word was foreign to Jon... he did not know what it meant.
"King." she said. Jon paused at the word swallowing the meaning of what it meant, he then continued after her. All his life he only knew himself as Jon Snow... a bastard and soon he would be Jon Snow... a King, no, the King. The thought of him sitting on the iron throne struck him with anxiety. He recapped how he was voted to be the Lord Commander of the Nights Watch... as if that wasn't bad enough, but his brothers had voted for him. He then became the King in the North, a title he did not claim nor want or ask for, but was given to him by Northerners and now... he was to become the King of Westeroes with no entitlements or right but through a choice. This time no one had voted him or asked him to be the King of Westeroes and no one had given him the title, it was a title that came with marriage that he had only to refuse or accept. A choice that he was forced to make on his own and he had chosen to accept it with all the responsibility that came with it... to be the King. Dany accepted him but would the people?

Davos gave Jon a look that Jon could not read as the couple approached the high table. They seated themselves down and sat in silence for a moment. Davos nudged Jon subtly with his knee beneath the table. Jon looked at him and saw him gesture to the Queen.

"Oh my apologies your grace this is my adviser Ser Davos of House Seaworth..." Jon said. Davos smiled and stood to greet her.

"Yes we met a few moments ago. I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to properly introduce myself..." the Queen began.

"No need your grace. Only an idiot would not recognise you to be the Queen Daenerys Targaryen." Davos said bowing.

"You once supported Stannis Baratheon correct?" Tyrion said.

"I did my Lord... but now I live to serve the rightful King." Davos said gesturing to Jon. Jon bit his lip as he could feel the Queen's eyes on him. "And Queen." Davos quickly added as he sat back down noticing how the room just got a bit tense.

"If you don't mind me asking... what encouraged you to believe that Jon Snow was the rightful King?" the Queen asked.

"Well your grace he..." There was no honest answer that they could claim without blurting out the truth of the Night King or mentioning Jon's resurrection. Davos had to think fast. "I saw how he led as Lord Commander of the Night's Watch... He possessed all the great qualities of a leader and to make a great King..." Davos stuttered.

"Correct me if I am wrong but I thought that a man who takes a vow to join the Night's Watch is beholden to that vow until death." the Queen said. She wasn't trying to offend anyone Jon could tell, but only trying to figure out the question everyone wondered, how did a bastard who became Lord Commander come to be King in the North?

"We are." Jon finally spoke.

"So you broke your vow then?" the Queen said. It was more of a statement rather than a question. Jon looked at her and she looked at him as if she wanted him to admit it but really she just wanted an honest answer.

Davos cleared his throat breaking the two apart. "Your grace forgive me for asking but my King and I were curious as to why you were absent during dinner..." Davos said changing the subject. Jon rubbed his knees and stared at the patterns of the table cloth trying to avoid eye contact with her grace.

"I had other matters to tend to. I am sorry for keeping you waiting but they were important-" she began.

"More important than our banquet?" Jon said looking up at her. He wasn't trying to be rude, he just wanted answers. They stared at each other for a while before the she finally spoke.

"I am the Queen. I do not have to answer to anyone, even if you are a King." she said to Jon. 'There she is.' Jon thought. The dragon who wrote those letters to him. The Queen went silent and just stared out at her people. Jon turned away from her and wished he was anywhere but here. Davos tapped his fingers on the table before speaking.

"You've been awfully quiet Lord Tyrion. Tell us... how did you become to be the hand of the Queen?" Davos asked. Tyrion had been observing the entire conversation... listening and studying the chemistry between Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen and so far it had not been going too well. With a gulp of wine he spoke.

"It was an adventurous journey that began in a crate with a hairless spider as my only companion. I was shipped off far aways across the Narrow Sea. Travelled for days in a wheelhouse with only a window as my access to the outside world until one rebellious day I took the risk of going outside to find an inn, to see some real people... I was warned though... the whole of Westeroes was on the hunt for me because my delusional sister had offered a reward for my head... anyway I find this inn and all of a sudden I am plucked up by a bear. He ties me up, takes me on a ship and says he is taking me to the Queen and that's when I knew my life had finally met it's end until he mentions that it is Queen Daenerys he serves in Mereen... It just so happens to be the same destination I was headed to with my spider..." Tyrion says drinking some wine. "We see a dragon have a scurry with some stone men and then become slaves for the fighting pit and the rest is history..." Tyrion finishes. Both Jon and Dany had been listening to the story.

"That sounds like quite the adventure..." Davos says.

"Oh it was... It really was..." Tyrion said gulping his wine.


The banquet went on in mostly silence with occasional chattering from Davos and Tyrion but the King and Queen remained quiet. When it finally ended Jon was ready to hurry back to his chambers when he saw the Queen back at the spot outside on the balcony where they were before. Jon considered how easy it would be just to walk away and he actually took a step but he knew he couldn't end their first meeting like this. He walked over to her, rested his hands on the railing and looked out towards the harbour.

"I'm sorry..." he said trying to sound as genuine as possible. "For what I said earlier..." . He felt bad for what he had said to her and wished that he never had said it.

Jon waited for Dany to reply but she stayed silent so he turned around to leave before she finally spoke.

"Kora..." she said. Jon stopped and turned back. Dany turned around to face him. He noticed a tear fall from her eye.

"Kora was her name..."

Jon was very confused now and wondered what she was talking about.

"Earlier today in court... you saw the bones yes?" Jon nodded nervous to hear what she was going to say.

"She was three-years-old..." Dany said losing her voice as she began to cry. "Her father claims that one of my children had burnt her alive..." Dany said through sobs. Jon breathed heavily imagining how much pain the little girl would have had to endure.

"I'm so sorry I kept you waiting but... I just was so upset and didn't know what to do... This man wants justice but... I will not harm my children..." Dany cried. Out of instinct Jon rushed to her side and grabbed her in his arms. Dany wrapped her arms around him tightly and cried into his chest. They both moulded into one perfect form as if they were two pieces of a puzzle that came together.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. I didn't know. You're right tending to your people's needs is far more important than a banquet..." Jon said comforting her. He held her close to him as she sobbed into his shoulder. Jon had never met someone with such a big heart before. She cared for her people just as he did and would do all they could to protect them. They held each other for a while before they finally decided it best to depart to their chambers now.


They stood outside the Queen's chambers looking into each others eyes. Violet infused with dark brown.

"Goodnight your grace-"

"Dany." she said to Jon. "Call me Dany... we should be less formal with each other."

Jon smiled. "Goodnight Dany." he said to her. Jon kissed her ring and was about to leave until she clutched his hand.

"Wait..." she said to him. Jon turned back. Dany looked up at him and sighed.

"I've been selfish Jon... I threatened you to come here and wed me or else you would awaken the dragon... I would never want you to marry me only because I commanded you to do so... I mean... do you even want to marry me Jon?" she asked him. Yesterday Jon would have said no, earlier he would have still said no but now he didn't know. 'We need her forces... We need her trust... winter is coming' Jon thought. He blinked at her and smiled.

"It would be my greatest honour..." he said. Jon leaned down and kissed her lips.


And that is the end of Chapter 12! :) Be sure to leave reviews. By the way Jon and Dany's love is only going to progress so if you are not a shipper I recommend you keep reading anyway because this story is only going to get better in both romantic and developing plot ways/. Stay tuned for Chapter 13 :) Thanks for reading.