Next chapter! Hope you like it! I will try and have more than one chapter up this week. Oh, and someone said that they pictured Vijek as Sam Clafin, and I guess that could be what he looks like. Just with long black Dothraki hair, and darker skin. Also, any dialouge in italics is Dothraki. Comments, questions, opinions, suggestions, and helpful critique always welcome!
Something velvety soft nudges my cheek, and I blink open my eyes to see my horses nose in my face. Smiling I reach out my hand and stroke her face. She leans into my hand, then turns and walks away to Vijeks horse. I strech my arms above my head, and attemt to roll onto my stomach, but am stopped by a strong arm wrapped around my side. I turn my head and see Vijek peacefully sleeping beside me. One of his arms is wrapped around my waist, and the other one is under our heads, with my back pressed to his chest. I carefully wiggle around so I am facing him. I lay my head on his chest, and I am quickly lulled back to sleep by the steady beat of his heart and rise and fall of his breathing.
When I wake up again, Vijek isn't sleeping beside me anymore. I yawn, and rise my head, looking around. I spot Vijek standing in the river. As I try to stand up, I feel an immense pain in my lower region, and let out a gasp. I scowl as I take a step, and then another. Vijek looks up, and frowns, wading out of the river, he walks to me and picks me up, my knees over one of his arms, and my back against the other. I wrap my arms around his neck, and wince as his steps bounce me.
"Why does it hurt so much?" I whimper, as he steps back into the river.
"Because it was your first time, and because you are so small, and I am so big. You will probably be sore for a little while, but it will get better." His deep voice rumbles.
He sets me down in the water, and I lean against him, letting out a sigh. Thinking about last night, it did hurt really bad at first, but after a while the pain shifted into pleasure. Afterwards, Vijek and I had just lain there talking, and learning more about each other until finally falling asleep.
I cup a handful of and pour it on my face, wiping the sleep out of my eyes. Vijek takes my hand, and pulls me deeper into the river, about up to my shoulders, and a little more than halfway up his chest. I look up at him, confused, as he starts to rub water over my skin, washing away any smudges of dirt.
"I am your husband now, so it is my job to take care of you. And I plan to take care of you to the best of my ability." He explains.
"I'm glad that you are my husband, and I hope to be the best wife I can." I smile up at him, and reach out my hand to wipe a smudge of dirt off his cheek.
After we are done bathing and getting dressed, Vijek teaches me how to saddle my horse. After a few tries, I'm able to do it pretty well. Vijek lifts me up onto my horse, and we ride back to civilization.
As we arrive at where Vijeks khalasar is staying, I see that Dany and Drogo have retourned as well. I ride my horse up to Daenerys' and look over at her.
"Hey, how are you?" I ask her.
"Okay. Drogo isn't very talkative, and I don't really know how to talk to him. Like, I don't know what to say. And I'm really sore. How about you?" She whines.
"I'm sorry. Maybe try and ask about his likes and dislikes, or his family. I don't know. Vijek and I didn't have a hard time talking. We actually talked a lot. It was really nice, and I really like him. But I understand the sore part, I am too." I look over at Vijek, and he smiles at me.
"Well good for you. I hope Drogo and I can get better aquainted, I don't want to live my life married to a stranger." She sighs.
"Don't worry, you will get to know him better." I reach out for her hand and squeeze it reasuringly.
She smiled at me, squeezing my hand back. I looked up to see Vijek riding over to us.
"We ride for Vaes Dothrak now. When we get there you and your sister will be presented to the Dosh Khaleen." He rumbled.
"Is my brother coming with us?" I asked, seeing that Viserys was talking to Drogo.
Vijek rolled his eyes and grunted, "Yes, he plans on travelling with us."
I sigh and think, maybe we aren't rid of him yet. The khalasar is already moving, and I nudge my horse to a walk, falling in between Dany and Ser Jorah.
"Ser Jorah, why is Viserys bothering to travel with us when he would obviously be much more comfortable staying with Illyrio." I ask, glancing at Viserys sitting awkwardly on his horse.
"He intends to stay with the khalasar until he gets his army." Ser Jorah shook his head.
"How long do you think that will be?" Dany questions.
"Hard to say. In all honesty, I don't think that it will be soon. The Dothraki have never crossed the Narrow Sea, they fear any water their horses can't swim through."Jorah shifted in his saddle.
"So what you're saying is that you don't think that they will cross?" I look over at Viserys, who is sneering at a Dothraki slave who is trying to help him.
"Well, the Dothraki do things in their own time. They can be unpredictable, and I don't think your brother really knows what he got himself into." He admits.
"He has always expected complete respect from others around him, and he is so arrogant and acts so high and mighty all the time, but really everyone just sees him as a spoiled brat who throws temper tantrums all the time. The only reason he gets respect is to pacify him." I rant, not able to hold in my hatred.
"Perhaps you should not let anyone else hear you speak of him that way. I respect your opinion, and do not think it wrong, but if the wrong person were to hear you, the consequences could be grave." Jorah warns me.
I nod, and then nudge my horse to go a little faster, separating myself from Jorah and Dany. I wanted to be alone. I need to learn to control my tounge, I think to myself.
After a long day of riding, the khalasar finally stops, and Vijek announces that this is where we will camp tonight. I ride over to Vijek and he helps me dismount.
"How was your ride?" He asks me, brushing the hair out of my face.
"It was fine, I am very tired though." I answer, looking up into his eyes.
He nods, then shoouts orders at his slaves to have our tent put up quickly, so that I can rest. After our tent is put up, one of my new Dothraki handmaidens, Mojoanne, comes in and draws a hot bath for me. As I sit in it, I feel the warm water flow over my sore body, and let out a sigh of relaxation. As Mojoanne washes me, I let my mind drift. When we arrive at Vaes Dothrak, Vijek says that Daenerys and I will be presented to the Dosh Khaleen, widows of past Khals.
After my bath, I lay down, and fall asleep almost immediately. My dreams range from what my life used to be like with Viserys, to what is could be like with Vijek. I wake up when I hear the tent russle, and see Vijek slipping in for the night. He doesn't press for sex, just lies down next to me, pulling me to his chest. I smile and drift back to sleep, pressing my cheek agaisnt his smooth, hard chest.
When I wake up in the morning, Vijek is gone, but I can hear him outside the tent. I stnd up, and walk out, seeing Vijek in a heated conversation with Drogo. As soon as he Vijek sees me, he grunts at Drogo, then walks over to me, taking my hand and leading me to a firepit. He gets some horse meat from one of the slaves and gives it to me, saying I need to keep my strength up.
Once everything is all packed up again, the khalasar starts to move. I jump in surprise as I see Viserys fall into step beside me.
"How is everything with your Khal going? Are you making him happy?" He presses.
"Good morning, Your Grace, yes, Khal Vijek seems to be happy." I nod politely at him.
"Good. I expect nothing less." He sneers, then veers his horse off in a different direction.
I shake my head, confused, and watch as he goes to Dany, probably asking her the same thing. Why can't he just leave us alone. Not for the first time, I wish that he had stayed in Pentos, rather than accompaining us. When I said yesterday that he was a just a spoiled brat, I think that was the first time that I actully realized that he would never take back the Iron Throne. He was not a dragon. Rhaegar was the last dragon.