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Alex

The trip back made everyone weary, and while they were excited to be back in westerosi grounds they were also a bit scared. The prince's party was to make their first stop at King's Landing and from there, head to Harrenhall along with the king. Queen Rhaella had been overjoyed to meet her granddaughter once the Prince's party had reached the Red Keep.

"She's beautiful," said the Queen as she held her granddaughter for the first time, she and Alexandra were having lunch in the Queen's solar while Rhaegar was with his father discussing their upcoming trip to Harrenhall. Alexandra smiled at the Queen.

"She is" murmured the northern Princess, Rhaella looked up at her and smiled kindly at her gooddaugher who was currently holding Viserys.

"You and my son have been truly blessed" the Queen said, Alexandra nodded as she ran her hand through Viserys' hair "I believe the little prince has been behaving" the Queen said suddenly making Alexandra giggle.

"Of course he had my Queen, you have raised him to be such an educated prince" praised Alexandra, the Queen laughed.

Their small moment was broken when Ser Barristan Selmy walked into the solar announcing the King and the Prince, Alexandra's grasp on Viserys tightened lightly.

"Where is this granddaughter my son has been talking about?" demanded the mad king as he entered the room, Rhaella who was holding the small princess showed the babe to her husband, Alexandra looked at Rhaegar who had an empty expression on his face as his father examined his daughter.

"She is fine, the wolf-bitch must bear you an heir" said the King before departing, Alexandra let out a breath she didn't knew she had been holding, she looked at Rhaegar and smiled softly, the prince looked at her a bit ashamed of his father's wording.

They prepared everything to depart for Harrenhal, a letter from the North confirmed the attendance of Ned, Benjen and Lyanna, as the latter would be staying with her sister as a lady in waiting until she was old enough and decided to actually marry someone.

A pressing matter that had Alexandra somewhat uneasy was the actual reasoning of the King's attendance to the Tourney, she knew that Varys was behind the whispers that Rhaegar was assembling lords to sack his father's reign, and while it was not necessarily a lie, it made their situation perilous and there was no way Alexandra was to permit her husband or family to be threatened, they would have to kill her first.

It was not as if she really liked playing The Game, but she had to admit that she had always been playing, whether it was influencing her father's choices or actually playing Rhaegar into marrying her, it had been a necessary evil, a kingdom depending on it, she had made small changes so she could more or less have a storyline to follow, but if her calculations were right she was more or less two years away from what could've been or would be the end of Targaryen Dynasty by the hands of Robert Baratheon, not that Alexandra was going to let that happen.

She had discouraged Ned from the idea of Lyanna and Robert for a reason, she had made her father promise that he was not going to force betrothals upon their children if she managed to find herself a suitable husband at the prince's ball, and she had managed the most suitable of them all. And now she needed to off Varys of the map before the idiot ended the Dynasty he so professed to love. And perhaps in the future she could off the King too, of course she could tell no one of her plans, not because she didn't trust them, but because the walls of the Red Keep had ears and if word got out that she was trying to kill Varys and Aerys she would be killed in a most gruesome way.

"You look troubled sister" said Brandon as they walked in Rhaella's gardens. Alexandra smiled to her brother, always so perceptive of her.

"It's nothing Bran, if anything I think that I'm a little bit homesick, I never thought Dragonstone was going to have that effect on me" she said, Brandon chuckled.

"It is quite a marveling sight" he said, they continued walking in silence for a few moments.

"We've been here for quite sometime now, I wish to see how Rhaenys is doing" she said suddenly.

"The Queen is supposed to be with her and Prince Viserys in her rooms, do you want me to fetch your ladies?" Brandon asked; Alexandra shook her head.

"No, you will do, now come see your niece with me, we will be departing in two days for the tourney and I still have not decided if I want Rhaenys to come with us"

"I could stay behind with her if you wanted me to" she smiled gratefully at her brother.

"I know you could, but Ned and Benjen would miss to see you and I could not deprive Lady Ashara of her knight"

Her daughter was indeed with The Queen and prince Viserys, she and Brandon stayed with them for lunch where Elia and Ashara joined them, Rhaegar being absent because he was attending the council.

That night Rhaegar joined her and they had a pleasant time talking about everything and nothing at all, Alexandra loved her husband, she truly had come to love the man and she was certain that he loved her too.

"Rhaegar" she murmured softly, they were both laying underneath soft silken sheets his hands wrapped around her bare body as if she was to leave him at any moment.

"Yes?"

"I know that when you married me we were both strangers to each other and I vowed to be your friend and partner, not just your wife or a woman to warm your bed" she started uncertain of why she was telling him all of this "But at time has passed I discovered that apart from being a friend, my best friend you also became a wonderful lover, and we are blessed, I do not doubt that, not many get the chance that we got in which you marry a complete stranger and they turn out to be perfect for you in any way possible, and I might be rambling but I want you to know that this past year has been amazing and I never thought that I would find you, the wonderful person that you are and what I'm trying to say here, don't laugh you prat" she slapped his chest and he chuckled "I'm trying to tell you something important here, anyways now that you ruined the mood, I'm trying to tell you that I fell completely in love with you, you idiot dragon prince" Rhaegar was grinning at her.

"I love you too" he said and pressed his lips to her "I've been in love with you for a long time now and to know that you love me back, this is twice now that you've made me the happiest man alive Alexandra, I don't know how to return this feeling to you" he said, she offered him a smile.

"Just love me, and don't die on me, don't ever leave me" she murmured cuddling up to him, his grip on her tightened.

"I promise"

Alexandra had decided to walk around Harrenhal with Rhaegar while their servants settled their tents, Arthur and Brandon walking a few steps behind them. They had left little Rhaenys back at the Keep with The Queen since it was probably the safest place for the small princess. Rhaegar was telling her about how the Targaryens had destroyed the fortress with their dragons, not that she didn't know the story, but listening to Rhaegar recount the tale had a certain edge to it.

"Would you sing for me?" she asked suddenly, Rhaegar smiled at her.

"We have been married for a little more than a year now and never before have you asked to hear one of my songs, I thought you didn't like music" he said; she laughed.

"It never came to mind before, and I do love music" she said.

"I do not have my harp with me now, but later I promise that I will sing a song just for you to hear" he promised, she smiled softly at him.

"Like those you sing for our daughter?" she asked.

"I didn't knew you've hear them"

"I know everything my Prince, you would do well to remember that" she said with a sly grin, Rhaegar's laugh resounded around them.

Alexandra observed as Varys whispered something to the king, she was seated next to them in the Royal Box with her ladies and Brandon acting as her guard; Lyanna, Ned and Benjen where a few seats below them as they all watched the Melee. Alexandra also took notice of the Riverrun host, where a young Catelyn and Lyssa were seated next to their uncle Ser Brynden and a young man that had to be Petyr Baelish, another person that was in Alexandra's must be dealt with list.

The melee was brutal and disorganized, and Alexandra could observe why Robert Baratheon could've beaten Rhaegar in a future that was not going to happen now, the man was a total savage and didn't fight with the grace of her brothers or her husband, no, there was something positively animalistic of the way he handled that warhammer, but Alexandra was sure that if kept away from Lyanna he could be controlled.

After the Melee Alexandra decided to sit with her siblings, they exchanged stories about their lives, Benjen in particular seemed excited about the prospect of their father refurbishing Moat Cailin for him to have, he of course needed a wife, but their father would surely find one for him. Alexandra teased him that maybe Dacey Mormont would like to become his wife causing Benjen to blush. The Stark siblings shared lunch before the Princess was called to the Royal Box again as the jousting was about to begin.

Alexandra saw as Lyanna's and Benjen seats were empty, she also noticed the newest competitor, from afar it looked like a young squire playing at being knight, Alexandra knew better. When Lyanna defeated the three squires and won and subsequently ran away, Alexandra wanted to go down herself and berate her sister, she stood from her seat faking nauseas, Brandon held her as Rhaegar was down in the grounds and the king made a lewd comment about the dragon seed when Brandon took her away, Arthur following them closely.

Brandon took her to Lyanna's tent where she found her sister unbraiding her hair with Howland Reed tumbling with an armor. Alexandra raised an eyebrow at Lyanna and the younger Stark paled.

"Out of all the things Lya, really?" she asked keeping her voice down, Lyanna seemed abashed.

"I wanted to teach them a lesson" she said, Alexandra sighed and pulled her sister into a hug.

"I know, but now Aerys wants your head, we cannot allow ourselves to draw more attention to our family Lya, it is dangerous enough as it is" Alexandra said firmly, Lyanna nodded, then Alexandra turned to Howland who was fumbling with the shield and the breast plate. "Tonight while the castle sleeps you will hide that thing, I trust you to do it and not getting caught" then she turned to Lyanna "You will put on a dress and come with me, I shall wait"

After an hour Alexandra was back with Brandon, Arthur had been sent to look for the mysterious knight with Rhaegar and several other guards. They returned empty handed and promised that they would be looking.

Next morning they found the shield and breastplate under a tree close to the Lannister host, Alexandra wondered what possessed Howland to leave it there but didn't question his motives, in a fit of rage Aerys had named Jaime Lannister into the Kingsguard and sent him to King's Landing, causing Tywin to leave in the middle of the tourney. Tension rose high that night and only seemed to dissipate when Rhaegar played a song with his harp. Alexandra kept observing Lyanna's reaction to the song, her sister didn't cry, probably too busy thinking about something.

"Something is bothering you" said Rhaegar as they drank wine in their tent. She gave him a look, "Even when I was playing you were distracted, have I displeased you somehow?" he asked, she gave him a little smile.

"No love, I just been thinking about my siblings lately; I love Brandon but I miss Ned, Lya and Ben, having them here is just a dream come true, although I miss my father, I also miss our daughter" she said, Rhaegar smiled at her and pressed a kiss to her temple.

"It's okay to miss them, soon we will go to King's Landing to retrieve her, we'll be on the first ship to Dragonstone" he promised and she pulled him in for a kiss, it only escalated from there.

Next morning when they woke they took their time to break their fast and to join the others, Rhaegar signed for the Joust wearing Alexandra's favor, he unhorsed several knights and even Brandon who was wearing Lya's, then he unhorsed four Kingsguards, including Arthur who was wearing Ashara's. Rhaegar won the lists getting the crown of blue winter roses to crown his Queen of Love and Beauty. Alexandra was alarmed for a few minutes, but Rhaegar placed the delicate crown on her head and gave her a short kiss.

That night she sat with her siblings and danced with Arthur, Ned and Benjen several times before being claimed by Brandon and then handed to Rhaegar, her last dance she shared with Lya, a really uncoordinated dance between twirls and laughter. Rhaegar played his harp again, a really sad song that watered her eyes even though no real tear went out. Lyanna had teased her sister all the way to the tents as Rhaegar, Brandon and Arthur smirked.

The goodbye was really sad, she handed Ned a letter to their father and hugged her younger siblings before they left, Brandon walked her back to the royal tents and sat with her as their servants packed everything, with a tragedy avoided she could go to King's Landing calmly.