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Chapter rating: M
XXIV
Rhaenyra woke blissfully to her bed in Riverrun and her husband's arms ironed around her making her smirk, gently she turned in his arms as he grunted and pulled her closer. Biting her lip, she trailed a leg over his calf as he snuggled more against her causing a moan to slip out when his hard cock pressed against her womanhood as she softly kissed him as he sighed softly making her giggle.
"That is a sound I have severely missed," he whispered, eyes still closed making her smile press another kiss to him.
"Which one? My moans or giggles?" she asked playfully.
"Either," he spoke as he threaded his fingers through her hair bringing her in for another kiss as she moaned before straddling him as he growled. Slipping in, she started to move and gasped in pleasure when a delightful sting came from her sore body. They had fallen asleep just before daybreak, Robb had left marks all over, not on her belly, which he always kissed lovingly, drove her crazy with the change of intensity.
"Gods," she hissed as he helped her move, his hands moving from her hips to her small swell as she moaned, head falling to the side as he stared at her. Her violet eyes kept contact as her hands slowly clung to his while her body started to drop faster, his grunts became louder as her walls clenched around him, an evil smile playing from her lips as she dropped and stayed there before moving her hips as he gasped softly. "I love you Robb," she whispered, laying down almost over him as he grinned and kissed her hard, gripping her ass instead to help her move as she whimpered.
"I love you too Rhae, my beautiful dragon," he pressed a kiss to her cheek before she kissed him harshly before stilling as she felt herself come undone when came after two more well placed thrusts as she moaned softly. Breathing heavily, Robb allowed her to fall to the side which made it more comfortable, he pulled the furs over them as she snuggled against his chest. Her brain finally started to wake up as she calmed her breathing, happily inhaling her husband's natural smell
"I'm sorry, Robb," she spoke softly, tears starting to pool. Robb frowned instantly, not liking his wife crying.
"What for?" he asked, softly wiping away the few tears that fell out.
"Last night," she spoke, voice thick. Taking a few deep breaths to try and calm herself, his hand softly rubbing her side was helping a bit.
"No, no," he started as she opened her mouth to say something before he kissed her softly. "Rhae, you were upset and pissed off. Like I had been to Tyrion when he came to Winterfell after Bran awoken. Despite that I did not run him through, I was not exactly friendly," he originally feared that she was angry and wanted to take her anger out on the Lannister men, he saw the girls' size and knew soon they'll be bigger to do damage and he worried about that. "I knew your anger was towards Baela being hurt and you punished the one who did, not the other three, who were hanged," he knew that his uncle was still upset about one being burned.
"I promise not to do that openly, we're equals, no one is over the other," she spoke as he beamed, kissing her happily.
"Exactly, except. I am over you for the moment," he grinned as she laughed happily before he kissed her deeply again. Soon Robb had her screaming once more as the household started to awaken.
XXIV
Later that day Rhaenyra walked around the castle as everyone greeted her happily, it quickly spread that she was pregnant overnight. Her dragons were seen lounging on the bank, purring and trilling, bellies full, though they perked up at seeing their mother. Grey Wind was seen tearing into a corpse as it was burned before spotting her, he wagged his tail and came up to her, body tucked as he greeted her with happy kisses and laid into her feet whining softly.
"Hello, Love," Rhaenyra cooed as Nymeria approached with a small smile, her father beside her as both watched the queen interact with her beloved 'children.'
"Your Grace," he bowed softly. "Congratulations," he put in with a smile as she chuckled softly.
"Thank you, Prince Oberyn. I am going to try and care for both my children. I've given all my attention to my dragons and I worry that they will become jealous," she frowned. "I do know animals feel that. Grey Wind had when I had the dragons," she chuckled as the direwolf went back to eating as Rhaella perked up herself. She seemed to like eating as she shuffled over to tug on some of the corpse as Grey Wind jerked his own.
"They seem to be getting along," he chuckled as Ser Barristan joined.
"A letter, Your Grace," Ser Barristan spoke, showing the unnoted letter. This is the second he's seen. She took it before scanning it quickly and refolded it with an eased smile.
"It's nothing, Bran has started to do his letters in High Valyrian, it helps to stop them from being read," she chuckled as Oberyn hummed with interest as he watched her face.
"Seems pretty fluent from what I saw," he noted as Ser Barristan chuckled.
"I overheard Theon and Robb conversing in High Valyrian once, barely understood a few words," he chuckled as Oberyn smirked.
"With Rhaenyra being a Targaryen I would assume Valyrian would be a strong dislike among the North," he thought out.
"Valaena did not give them a choice, she was a Targaryen/Velaryon raised child who held her heritage strong and proud. Lord Stark had accepted it. It was my maids who instilled my faith in both Old gods of the North and Valyria, the Seven were not so strong," Rhaenyra admitted as Ser Barristan chuckled.
"Valyria was a majestic kingdom in it's own right, beautiful with the heritage their descendants brought with them," the old knight spoke as Oberyn nodded, watching as Alysanne groaned softly before launching off to hunt over the river once more.
"Very hungry girls," Oberyn commented.
"I assumed they'd start hunting further, but they still remain nearby. Blackfish claimed they stayed near the remains and the river," she commented as they hummed.
"With you being pregnant could be their reason," Oberyn spoke. "Horses, dogs and cats sense it in their own ways," he added as Rhaenyra laughed softly.
"I will have to remember that," she thought about her mare who seemed to be a bit testy this morning when she checked on her.
"I overheard my brother has decided to ward Myrcella Baratheon in a marriage alliance," Oberyn spoke suddenly as they looked to him.
"He's agreed?" she asked worried.
"Do not worry. He told me it was for the Princess' safety, he overheard Stannis threatening to break the wall down, along with the riots they have in the Capitol because of food shortage. He thought the Water Gardens were a safe spot for her," he explained as she nodded, understanding the fear for the young Lannister girl's safety. From the few times she talked to the young girl, the girl was sweet and a delight. "My brother refuses to side with the Lannisters," he answered with a swear.
"The one thing I always admired about the Dornish was your refusal to bend. 'Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken,' Good words," Rhaenyra smiled softly as he beamed in happiness.
"Unlike 'Fire and Blood'? The words that aid in hatching your dragons. I noticed you gave Tyene a hobby, in making notes about the dragons," he noticed sitting against the boulder.
"She had been reading the book my maester started before we marched south. I took it with me to record their growth but could barely do so, I did not know what to look for. Your daughter does," Rhaenyra smiled as he chuckled.
"She likes it, challenges her," he watched as Rhaenys snuggled more into the dirt after Rhaella left the charred bones to Grey Wind to chew on. He disappeared suddenly and went to go hunting while the golden dragon resumed her nap after gaining pets from her mother. She wasn't as pushy as her sisters for attention and would softly croon or give a simple nudge before leaving if they deny it, but no one denies them. Rhaenyra most of all she enjoyed petting her daughters, soon they'll meet their new sibling.
XXIV
(King's Landing)
"You said Renly and Stannis would fight each other!" Cersei roared as she marched into the council as Tyrion offered a message to Varys, who paused when they spotted the queen regent. "Now they're allies!"
"Obviously the Northern Queen is a better negotiator than I thought," Tyrion spoke openly as she threw the paper at him, he caught it by the tips of his fingers.
"Stop calling her that! She is no queen, she will never be one!" she yelled as Maester Pycelle sighed.
"I'm just going on what this message said. It says here that Stannis is to wed his daughter to one of the Stark boys. On the Targaryen queen's choice," Tyrion spoke as he showed another message from a Lannister sworn house that was quickly wiped out when the Baratheon settled themselves through The Reach.
"So your sending my daughter off on a failure to create an alliance that's already ironed with the North?" she hissed hatefully as the council tensed, Cersei has already lost her temper a few times, but this time included her own child.
"We are not sure that it's ironed with the North, they have nothing between them but words, the Baratheon though have a marriage alliance, which is stronger. It's something we are able to offer Doran Martell that they cannot as Oberyn has only bastard girls, unless they are to marry one to Bran as a wife, they're alliance can be broken," Tyrion spoke fluidly as Varys looked to him before his eyes flew back to Cersei.
"Are you sure?" she asked with a snarl. "Because Jaime still rots in their cells! The bones you sent to the Stark bitch obviously didn't work, because she has not released Jaime yet," Cersei spat as Tyrion sighed.
"I assume it takes a bit to go to Storm's End then go back to Riverrun, it does not happen within a fortnight. Your lucky if it can be done at all," Tyrion spoke simply as his sister glared.
"It would be easier to send a killer to kill her," Cersei snarled.
"You do realize that she is in the center of an army of hotheaded Dornish and overprotective stubborn Northerners. No one can penetrate that, and our cousin even confirmed the dragons were alive and growing quite large. Do you not realize that we need to focus on that?" he asked, tone growing.
"What about the Baratheons planning to march on us?!" Cersei roared as the council jumped.
"They won't get the chance to even get in," Tyrion reassured her calmly as she seethed.
"How?" she asked, wanting to know.
"I have a plan," he spoke simply as she glared.
"Tell me, I am your queen, you will tell me," she demanded, stalking up to him as he watched.
"No, I won't. And you are only Queen Regent. Joffrey is King," he simplified as her eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You will tell me," she hissed as he shook his head.
"It's only for the King to know," he settled her with a look before getting out of his chair and walked away from her as the council watched, stunned with Cersei screaming in the background.
"What the hell has your sister twisted up?" Bronn asked as he and a clansman walked behind Tyrion who shrugged.
"Who knows," he frowned. "Stannis and Renly have joined forces," he spoke as Bronn laughed.
"Ah! The one thing you all hoped, they wouldn't do. And then they did," he smirked as he shook his head while Tyrion glared, obviously not finding this funny.
"I am glad to amuse you, Bronn," he grumbled as the man smirked.
"Well you all seem to think she and this King Robb are going to mess up. So far, they're doing better and now the Baratheon brothers are banned together and in an alliance with the Stark army. They're doing better than you lot," Bronn explained as Tyrion fronwed.
"Hopefully with what I have planned they'll lose that alliance," he hoped as Bronn scoffed.
"You can try," he spoke as they were unaware of Sansa listening to them before gasping when Sandor Clegane came from behind her, grabbing her shoulder.
"You should not be caught Little Bird, next one won't be so lucky," he warned her before walking away. She never understood why he was always so nice to her, it was not nice, nice, but he still didn't abuse her like the King or other Kingsguard did. Carefully, Sansa made her way back to her chambers before pausing when a new letter was there, quickly she went to reading after locking her door and read the familiar handwriting. Her throat closed up as she thought before exhaling and hid the message and started to walk out before a clink caught her attention. Looking down she paused at seeing a piece of stone on the floor, kneeling down she carefully ran her thumb over it before a confused.
"Sansa?" Came from Shae as her lady turned, clutching something tightly in her hand. "Is something wrong?" she asked worried. At first maybe she assumed she received another letter but spotted her bleeding hand. "Your hurt," she frowned, instantly grabbing her hand to see before stopping at the piece of stone in her hand. "What is this?" she mused curious as Sansa, tucked the letter differently.
"Something in my room," Sansa shrugged softly, as Shae examined it. It was scaled, a small shard of something. "It's okay," she gently retrieved before laying it in her little box with small trinkets she carried. "I am going to go get my hand checked out," she spoke as she wrapped cloth around it before leaving as Shae watched, confused. Looking back to the small jeweled box, she softly plucked the piece of stone from the box, she frowned as she examined it a bit closer. It felt like cold scales and was sharp as she saw Sansa's blood on the shard, the red stone blended with the liquid.
'What is this?' Shae questioned as she quickly put it back and started to tidy up the room when her lady came back. Shae paused at seeing a letter in foreign letters, she knew Sansa's received unmarked letters and Shae never read them, but now she understood why, these letters were all in High Valyrian. Meaning someone Sansa knew was sending them and whoever received them made sure they got to the girl. Instead of following her gut to give these to Tyrion, she slowly closed the box back after putting the shard inside.
"What a good servant you are to your lady," a smooth voice made her jump and whip around. Varys was standing there, he must've been there for a bit because he was in a relaxed posture, watching her.
"What do you mean?" Shae asked sharply.
"Oh easy girl, I mean no harm to you or Sansa, poor girl has already dealt with so many tragic things," he frowned before walking out as she called out.
"Sansa has been getting messages from someone, it's never signed and only in High Valyrian," Shae explained as Varys paused.
"Someone must have high friends to get those types of messages," he surmised as she frowned not understanding.
XXIV
(Harrenhal)
Arya was sitting as she watched Gendry practice with weapons he forged. "So how do you know that the dragons are real?" He asks as she ate her apple.
"The army, Tywin didn't deny them when I spoke about the rumors," she shrugged as he paused.
"Yeah, I don't see anyway else to explain that better," he spoke as she chuckled. "You always spoke about dragons," he commented as she threw the core away.
"They're interesting. The Targaryens has ridden dragons for centuries before the last one died. Rhaenyra has three eggs," Arya revealed as Gendry paused.
"Three?" he asked curious as she nodded.
"Saw them before I left to King's Landing," Arya told him as he huffed. "They were stone," she spoke as he scoffed.
"If they were stone, I doubt anything would've hatched from them," he spoke as she frowned.
"Well then how would you explain her dragons? Those eggs had been turned to stone, or so my uncle, Jon Arryn had said when he gave them to her," she said as he paused once more.
"I don't know Arry, dragons did out years ago," he shrugged as she thought.
"Not anymore," she added as he paused nodding with a small smile.
"Right, not anymore," he spoke before helping her down. "Go, Lord Tywin will be calling soon," he ordered as she nodded with a frown. Watching her walk off Gendry sighed and got back to work, making sure no one had overheard their conversation. He and Hot Pie has been calling her Arry to protect her actual name. He knew she'd be in more danger if someone found out who she was. But with the information she gave he kept an ear out for new information, mostly about Arya's brother's movements.
XXIV
(Riverrun)
Rhaenyra had been riding for little under an hour possibly as she watched her dragons fly and twirl around the trees. They had attacked a herd of deer and tore into all of them when Grey Wind joined, Theon and Ser Barristan found her quickly.
"You should not be alone Your Grace," the elder knight scolded his queen softly. She smiled softly to her guardian as Theon spoke.
"Not including the dragons, then you would never be alone," he chuckled as they joined.
"She is not," Tyene spoke with a grin as she came from her hiding spot.
"The Dornish have been around me the entire morning," Rhaenyra claimed as Ser Barristan chuckled.
"So my job is becoming easier," he joked as that brought a howl of laughter from the group as Rhaenys landed, eating her recent prey.
"We have reports of the Ironborn raiding the northern shores," Theon spoke sadly as Rhaenyra reached over, taking his hand.
"I'm sorry, Theon," she knew that Robb would have to go against them soon too before realizing something. "Do you know if Stannis or Renly have left to go against King' Landing?" she asked as they shook their heads.
"I think they've all retreated to Dragonstone," Theon frowned trying to remember. "King Stannis and Lord Renly have been planning how to attack the wall and gates," the Greyjoy claimed as Rhaenyra thought.
"Okay," she sighed softly and tried to think a bit more. "Does Robb know about this?" she asked as he nodded.
"I told him the moment I found out," he claimed as Rhaenyra nodded once more.
"Alright, do not worry Theon. We will try to come to an understanding about this," he shook his head with a frown.
"He won't listen Rhae, my father thinks he should rule," Theon had thought about it, but Robb and Rhae were his family, his siblings, more so than his own when he was a boy. He missed Jon, the girls, the boys. He wanted to go back to Winterfell, to go back home.
"So long as you are here, that is all that matters Theon," she smiled softly, holding his hand tighter. "You are my brother Theon. Not Rhaegar or Viserys, you. I grew up aiding you in terrorizing people along with our King and Jon," she grinned as he chuckled. Tyene smiled softly at seeing the bond, many had said their king and queen were close with Theon and Robb's bastard brother, Jon. Catelyn had told a few stories to Ellaria before the redhead had left to Storm's End. And many of them were about how the four terrorized the castle as children, and then five when Arya was old enough to know, despite her young age difference with them.
"He's rebelling against the North, my home," Theon claimed as Ser Barristan continued to watch. For a long while he had been a bit uncomfortable around Theon as he was a Greyjoy and was rumored to boast as a young boy he'd rule. But now all he saw was a young man who fought for his King and Queen, no his brother and sister, Rhaenyra held true love for Theon and when she spoke about the younger Starks she held the same for them. It pained him he could not bring the girls when he left, it surprised him he had gotten Ice but only because of a note left.
XXIV
"We must return North to protect our own!" Lord Umber called out as Robb and Rhaenyra sat among their army with their own worries. Edmure and his lords also listened in as the Ironborn raided them as well and they might be next.
"We still have my sisters to go after," Robb reminded as many silenced as they remembered about the Princesses.
"If I may Your Grace," Oberyn called out as Robb looked up in interest. "I can write to Doran to see if he could send more men to your home, if most you could see if your people could relocate to Winterfell until the Ironborn are defeated, have all of your people bring their supplies to the heart of their realm. There the soldiers would all be in one place and all the children of the houses could be protected within the walls of Winterfell," Oberyn explained.
"That would take quite a bit of time as it is the Ironborn are already raiding our shores," Lord Karstark spoke, he liked the idea. He knew the Dornish did this in time of need, Doran was a kind ruler as a Prince of Dorne. Rhaenyra did not know what to do, so she decided to have an alternative.
"My Lords, may we please discuss this tomorrow. Some sleep might do us good and think of ways to get rid of them," she suggested as many agreed with confirments. Most thought it was good to get drunk and think of ideas, but Rhaenyra grabbed her husband's hand and took him away as Ser Barristan watched.
"Rhae, what are you doing?" he asked, grateful she had called a stop to the meeting but knew they needed to get this planned.
"I don't know, we need to send word to Maester Luwin to find out the safety of the boys," she worried as he nodded.
"I already have Maester Lyon working on it," he reassured her as she sighed before biting her lip.
"Robb there is something else I need to tell you, but will you promise to not yell?" she requested as he frowned, not understanding.
"I'm worried," he spoke as she groaned before yanking him into their chambers.
"Promise me Robb," Rhaenyra was desperate for him to agree, not feeling like she could take his anger.
"Okay," he nodded. Seeing the need in her eyes.
"I have been getting these letters ever since I was a young girl, that I kept hidden," she started as he listened to her story while her dragons soared, shrieking as they hunted.
XXIV
End. Please don't hate me! I promise I will make the next one longer. And I will include more people. I've been having some blockage and trying different scenes, also I've been obsessed with Star Wars lately so it's distracted me. Tell me what you think!
NicoleR85: Here you go, hope you enjoy!
10868letsgo: Yes, the only reason she burned the murderer was because he stabbed Baela, otherwise I'm pretty sure she would have let them be hung. But you have to remember, dragons are a major threat for the army to use, if they grow bigger they'll be used. We'll see~
RHatch89: Glad you liked it!
LunaDoesArt: I know I'm sorry about Baela but I'm happy about Robb~ I hope you enjoy! Oh I love that show! I can't wait for the last season to come out 3
Bvh (Guest): Glad you liked it, enjoy~
ej101: I'm glad you like them! Believe me we'll see how she acts since she's still pissed about Rickon being betrothed to someone. As much of a dick Jaime can be sometimes you always have to remember; like his family, he is all for family, especially his own children, sadly like his twin but she's a bitch in general. But he does play a big part later in the war so we'll see. And yes as before the only reason she burned him was because of Baela, not only one of her best friends but her kin as well. But I do understand what you're saying~ We'll see what he is hiding from her. What do you think single or twins for Rhae? And yes King's Landing will be making an appearance soon!
Crystal-Wolf-Guardain-967: Glad you like! Here ya go!
fallondyson: How's this?
juury: Yeah I haven't planned that far ahead -.-' been trying though
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