6. Present : Unprecedented.
" Your highness." It's the day after the incident with the drink and though Alytta has been throwing her ugly looks, nothing else has happened. The crown feels heavy on her head these days, now that her husband and sister wives seem to grow closer and she all the more distance and alone.
Nothing of the few retainers she had remains. Only a few servants are willing to serve her now. No one wants to be a friend to her now, calling her boring, so Lysei does what they expect her to do and remains in her rooms. Vezerax, the dragon she met, is the only ally that she has, yet she has never mounted him.
Perhaps it's Rhaenys's remark that she would better be fit riding a donkey, or Vysenya's disapproving glare when she tries to hold in the contents of her stomach whenever she rides a horse that keeps her from trying. Yet, she doesn't dare to request a carriage; fully aware of what they must think of her if she would.
"Yoor majesty." The guard at her door, Thomas is his name, bows to her. "You are requested to the throne room. " " What is going on?" The guard
sighs. " I don't know for sure but it's chaos."
When Lysei arrives it is indeed chaos. People , soldiers are screaming left and right. It is Baratheon who comes to her. " Queen Lysei." He bows. "So sorry to bring this news on such short notice to you. We are being attacked." -"Attacked?" Even to her own ears her disbelief is palpable. " How many?" The Hand of the king swallows. " At least a hundred thousand."It makes Lysei spin.
She barely has anytime to ask more questions, when the king and his queens arrive in the throne room. The three of them wear armour, and all have a serious expression on their face. "We are ready when you are, mylord." Aegon nods. "Vysenya, go prepare the last of the army. Rhaenys, prepare the dragons."
"Come queen Lysei." Thomas says." I'll help you select an armor." -"No." Aegon's voice, strong and serious, rings out. He steps forward towards Lysei.
" Queen Lysei, you remain here." It's the first time he has spoken her name. It's also the first time she feels he actually does not hate her, so she relaxes her face and nods her assent slowly. Then Aegon brushes past her and follows his two sisters out the doors.
Lysei waits, but no news comes and before she knows it, weeks have passed. She is sitting at a table, going trough paperwork when a messenger bursts through the doors. " Your highness," he heaves. " The king and his queens have been captured and their army as well. It was a trap!"
Lysei's eyes go wide and feels as if the world has turned upside down. Her hand gripping her pen painfully is all that keeps her upright.