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I breathed deeply as I woke up and looked over my shoulder as Drogo dipped his hand between my legs. He kissed my shoulder softly before he met my gaze and leaned forward against my back.
"He's asleep." His breath was moist and hot in my ear before he bit the skin beneath it genty.
"But for how long?" He grabbed my leg and pulled it up to lay on top of his hip.
"Long enough." He leaned down and kissed me roughly quickly pushing his tongue into my mouth. I groaned against his mouth as he slowly pushed in. I knew he had been desperate to couple with me since Rhaego's birth, but with our son waking up so frequently it had become nearly impossible. We had only been together once and it had been quick and mostly unfulfilling. This was wonderful and like it had been in the beginning of our marriage. I reached back and wove my fingers through Drogo's hair holding him close to me.
But it was not to last.
I groaned and pulled my hand back when Rhaego began to whine from his basket. Usually Drogo would pull away when the babe began to cry, but he did not pull away from me at all. I sighed and decided that I would have to make the first move. I sat up and moved towards the edge of the bed, but Drogo pulled me back towards him continuing to thrust into me.
"Leave him, he'll be fine for a few moments." I looked over at the basket and saw the babe lying content in the basket and only crying occasionally so I settled back into the bed. I reached back over my shoulder threading my fingers back through Drogo's hair and he turned kissing my arm.
I sighed and arched my back lazily before jolting forward as the tent opened. I watched Arita come in to attend to Rhaego. Drogo rolled suddenly so my front was pressed against the bed, but he did not stop his steady thrusting. I heard Arita gasp and turned my head to see her back up quickly tripping over a trunk before she rolled over and scrambled back out of the tent. Drogo moved up onto his knees and gripped my shoulders, increasing the power of his thrusts. I began panting and let my head rest against the pillow, while I gripped the furs tightly. I felt myself cave when Drogo pushed our hips together and stilled.
He slowly lowered himself against my back and wrapped an arm around my stomach. He rolled onto his back, and carried me with him so I laid against his chest. I sighed looking up at the top of the tent and smiled at the feel of Drogo's chest rising and falling beneath me. Rhaego now cried sharply from his basket and I rolled over walking shakily, before kneeling beside his basket. I shushed him and reached down drawing him close to me, rocking him gently. He slowly quieted and I stood, my legs steady as I walked back to the bed. I kneeled on the edge and laid Rhaego against Drogo's chest before crawling further onto the bed.
Drogo smiled and propped our son against his legs. Rhaego's cheeks were still wet, but he had stopped crying and lifted a fist to chew on. Drogo put both his hands on the baby's feet pushing his legs back and forth. Rhaego stared down at his legs and grabbed at his father's hands, but Drogo pulled back. Rhaego kicked out and hit his father's palm making Drogo laugh. He sat up and lifted Rhaego, holding him so his feet rested on the bed.
"He'll be a fighter." I smiled and reached out tickling his belly. Rhaego dropped his fist and pumped his arms smiling widely. I sat up mouth open before smiling widely at my son. I pulled him from Drogo and lifted him up hugging him tightly. Before turning him to face his father.
"Show Father your new trick." I ran my finger under his jaw and he smiled again before hiding his head in my neck. I looked up and saw a wonderfully content look on Drogo's face as he looked down at his son.
I stretched the next morning feeling a soreness that I had not experienced for months. I pulled a dress over my head before picking up Rhaego and leaving the tent. Everyone was busy packing up camp and I smiled at Rakharo as he brought my horse to the front of the tent. I reached out and placed my son in his arms, causing his body to tense. I laughed as I climbed on my horse before reaching down for Rhaego.
"You can stare down an enemy horde, but a babe strikes fear in your heart." Rakharo scowled at me before turning away to fetch his own horse.
"Khaleesi." I looked down at the timid voice and saw Arita looking down but holding up the fabric I used to hold Rhaego while I rode. I reached down taking the sash and put it over my shoulder settling my son inside before grabbing the reins. I stopped suddenly, looking down when a hand grabbed my leg.
"I am so sorry khaleesi! When he did not stop crying, I thought you had tired yourself and slept through the noise. Please forgive me!" I blushed, but smiled at her.
"It's alright, Arita. I charged you with caring for my son and that's what you did. Let's not speak of it anymore." She bowed her head thanking me quietly. "To avoid this in the future, if he cries in the night it is not your responsibility. I apologize for what you saw." She looked up at me smiling a bit.
"If I had a husband as handsome as yours I would not apologize." I watched the color drain from her face and I laughed a bit before she dropped her head again. "I am sorry khaleesi, I should not have said that!"
"It's alright Arita, I don't mind that you speak your mind when we are alone." I straightened my back and smiled a bit when I saw Kovarro watching my maid as he slowly ran a brush along his horse. "Perhaps you will have your own handsome husband soon." I smiled down at her wide eyes before moving my horse to join my husband before we rode out.
For months we rode through the Dothraki sea raiding the Lamb Men and taking what could be sold in the city. Along the way more men came to join the horde. Some would leave, unwilling to cut off their braids, but most would join our ranks. Soon the horde had grown regaining the numbers we had lost and surpassing the old size by over ten thousand. At last we reached the coast. It had been months since I had last seen the city of Pentos and it seemed to glow along the water in the setting sun.
Drogo gathered a small group of his blood riders after our camp was set up on the outskirts of the city. He then walked over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me back onto my horse. I gasped and held Rhaego tightly against my chest in his sling, hoping he wouldn't be jostled too much.
"We are going to see Illyrio about the ships." I nodded at him before I looked over his head.
"Arita, I need you." She looked up and came over to me. "You will come with me to the city in case I need your help with Rhaego." She stared up at me confused and I smiled at her. "You are coming with me in case I need your help in the city." She bowed her head and I sighed. I needed to spend more time teaching her Dothraki. "Kovarro!" He turned on his horse and rode over to me quickly. "Take Arita with you, we don't have time for her to walk."
I watched with a small smile on my face as Kovarro dropped off his horse before trying corner Arita. She continually stepped around trying to avoid his hands before he finally grabbed her arm and pulled her to him before lifting her onto his horse. He climbed on in front of her and we followed Drogo into the city and to the large palace that belonged to Lord Illyrio.
When we arrived at the large stone building I carefully climbed from my horse before handing Rhaego over to Arita. Illyrio stood at the entrance to his house and held his arms open. I smiled and rushed up the stairs hugging him before taking a step back. He held my hands out to the side and looked at me smiling.
"I have never seen you look so happy, Khaleesi. This life suits you."
"I am happy Lord Illyrio, I have never been happier." His smiled dropped slightly and he dropped my hands before stroking his beard.
"I have heard an interesting rumor from Westeros that I would like to discuss with later, Khalessi." I felt my stomach drop a bit but a nodded.
"Of course." I looked over my shoulder as an arm wrapped around my waist. I smiled up at my husband as he gazed down hard at Illyrio.
"Greetings to one who is respectful." Illyrio bowed and Drogo lowered his head slightly as well. "Come I have prepared a great meal in your honor."
We ate a large meal full of all the foods I had missed while surviving on the scant meals that the Dothraki ate while traveling through the plains. Illyrio spoke mostly with Drogo and Jorah while they discussed how to go about selling the supplies we had brought and hiring ships. It was after the meal that Illyrio took me to his study to discuss the matter he had mentioned before. He pulled out a chair for me at a table before taking his place across from me.
"A friend of mine, a traveller, who has spent many years in Westeros was in King's Landing shortly before your brother fell. He wrote to me of Lyanna Stark because she seemed so out of place there." He picked up a paper from the table. "'A rare beauty unmatched in the south.' He never forgot her and his most recent letter gave me pause." He stopped speaking and I looked at him before glancing at Drogo.
"Well what did he write?"
"He told me of a young boy with Lyanna's eyes. Now I don't know how much you know of what happened to cause Robert's Rebellion, but it may not have happened quite the way the Baratheon's would want you to think." I stared at him confused while he spoke. "My friend wrote to me of how Lyanna fell head over heels for your brother Rhaegar. Now if that is true perhaps she went with him to the tower willingly and perhaps she had a son by him. A bastard who was taken in by Lyanna's brother and raised in the North."
"One of my brother's sons may have survived?" Illyrio nodded.
"Because no one knew he existed. Ned Stark has been raising a bastard that he brought back from the war with him, the mother of whom was never named. Without speaking to Ned Stark there is no way to know for sure, but my friend swears that the boy he saw was Lyanna's child."
"What is his name?"
"Jon Snow." It would not be surprising that my brother had gone after another woman. The odds of there being a Targaryen that had escaped the slaughter seemed low, but I would not neglect my kin.
"I will find him when I return to the Seven Kingdoms. We'll see if he is my nephew."