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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Aemma Arryn
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"So, how were the talks with Prince Doran?" Robar asks as he crosses his legs and rests his arms on the back of the couch.
"They have gone fine, I am certain an alliance can be forged so long as things hold together. We won't be able to respond immediately when the horns for war blow but we will be able to move with time. Father requesting I came here was to feel them out and assess the situation, he knew as I am Rhaenyras mom I would be accepted easily. He is not a fool so he is sure to know or expect me to make some kind of deal with Dorne. I don't understand why he seems to be playing for both sides, it is making me concerned about his motives." Robar nods and drops his head on the back of the couch with a lazy attitude.
"Well I have no idea what your old man is cooking up, I just hope it isn't something drastic. Your grip on the Vale is strong and no one can contest it, once the old man officially steps down you will be able to move with more freedom. I am a little sad your daughter didn't want to come back with us and I had hoped she would. I know it wouldn't have helped with my own father's complaints but at least it would ease the minds of the other lords that you have an heir." I don't feel too bad about it, she seems genuinely happy here, or rather with Eragon.
I always held hope she would run to me and we would be together in the Eyrie and I could groom her to be my heir. She isn't interested in splitting off from Eragon though so I can't do anything about it and I need to make other plans. I always had hope in my heart so now that she has made her intentions clear I need to have a new heir. Without one I will have a weaker position and people will voice their concerns.
I look over at my 'husband' Robar and take a deep breath and let out a sigh, he still can't 'perform'. Not from lack of trying, he tried to get it up with me but he just couldn't. When we involved another man to get him going it just fell when he tried to do his 'duty'. I accepted it as deep in my heart I was reluctant anyway and would rather Rhaenyra be the heir.
But there are no more excuses and I need to get an heir before it's too late for me and my body won't allow me to. Would be a horrible thing if something happened to me and they had to put someone else in charge of the Vale. Probably would put a bastard of someone that is likely a second-generation or even some other house.
"I need an heir." He lifts his head from where it was resting and raises an eyebrow.
"Aemma... we have tried before and I just don't se-." I hold my hand up and cut him off.
"Then someone else, I need one sooner than later since Rhaenyra has made her stance clear. Maybe after the war is over and we win she will see it differently and I can adapt to that situation, but in case she doesn't. I need to have one before I can't have one or before I get to a point it would kill me to have one, I am still more than able so I think now is the time." His face scrunches up and he puts his hands on his forehead and massages it.
"Who? If they don't even look like me then my father will be very displeased, and that could affect your hold on the Vale. House Royce has a lot of pull and my father already complains about the lack of a male heir of our blood." I nod and look out the window and think, who could do the 'deed' and not cause a fuss over marriage?
I know a few men who could keep their mouths shut but they are all in the Vale and over time and exposure they may change their mind. They may want to replace Robar and cause a whole host of problems.
I snort remembering the hungry looks Ashara had talking about Eragon and wanting his baby. Another Targaryen babe wouldn't be bad but do we have enough time before I leave to even get the job done if he was to agree?
Plus the silver hair would be a huge flag waving in everyone's face, but I could keep the child out of sight until I can dye the hair. Lord Royce would want to see the baby in person and that will cause problems if it does have silver hair. The baby of a living prince of House Targaryen would do very well for the Vale though when we win the war, and if we lose it won't matter who the baby's dad is as we would likely be dead. The benefits outweigh the trouble and I can shelter the child until we declare for House Targaryen and then a baby with Targaryen blood as my heir would only strengthen our alliance.
Though it would be an insider secret and not public knowledge the child has dragon blood. They could marry their children in the future to House Arryn to keep the blood strong.
Worst case the seed doesn't take and I can just pick someone else back in the Eyrie.
But I could honestly go a round or two yelling at that old man Lord Royce for giving me his gay son, to begin with. All these years with no child could even be solely laid at his own feet for offering me Robar's hand, it sounded good. Robar is young and a skilled swordsman and I thought it would be passable and get me a strong ally. Now I have the ally but no children to prove we are even actually married.
"I might have an idea, but I don't have much time to implement it." He sits forward and nods.
"What do you have in mind and does it involve me being beaten by my father?" I crinkle my nose but give a short nod, he sits back and sighs. "I guess after all you have helped me with I can handle my dad, what is your idea." At least he isn't ungrateful.
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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Rhaenyra Targaryen
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"You want to do what?" My mom came into the bedroom with the dragons.
"I want to ask Eragon if he will try and impregnate me." My head spins and I wonder what is even going on anymore. This makes like six women after Eragons baby seed, is it because of the return of the dragons and he is the 'father'?
"Mom, Eragon will be my husband and you want to have his baby? I know your husband is into men but can't you get someone else from House Royce to do the deed?" She sets her hands in her lap and nods.
"I could but by doing this I will have a connection to House Targaryen, it would increase the chance of a Targaryen marrying in or accepting a marriage from us. It would have to be kept a secret that the child is dragon blooded but I see the positives outweigh the negatives. The Vale has no connection to House Targaryen other than you, you don't want to come back home so I need something else. It seems counterproductive since it has to be a secret anyway but it will be a secret regardless because my actual husband can't get me pregnant. So if I am going to father a child for a man, not my husband it might as well be the father of dragons." She looks over at the dragons who are burning a new hole in the floor.
"Mom, you can't just have Viserys screw you or Aegon?" She shakes her head.
"Do they have dragons?" I puff my lips and shake my head, so she wants the 'father' to be someone who has a dragon. Makes sense from a Lady of the Vale perspective, if they are ever in trouble and Eragon could help he would.
"So you want him for his dragon." I cross my arms a little upset with her, she also nods in agreement.
"Rhaenyra I lost the love of my life and have pretty much given up on love, I need an heir and you don't want to be it. So I might as well try to get a baby from the father of dragons, in the future, he might even be able to claim the baby as his once Westeros is under House Targaryen. Am I in the wrong for looking for the best possible man to fill the gap and I also happen to be next to a man who will be a future dragon rider. My baby with him may never ride a dragon but their kids might if they marry a named Targaryen, the chances of a named Targaryen accepting a marriage is way higher when the child is secretly a Targaryen bastard but has a name like Arryn." I see her point but I am not sure how I feel about it, she wants to use Eragon.
He would have to approve of it obviously, and it could be useful as she said with future marriages. The worst comes to happen and he could just deny it's his, no one could prove otherwise.
"We can ask him and see what he says but he might not like the idea of being 'used' but he might see it differently." She nods and sits back in her seat.
"That's all I ask, we will just wait here until he returns to the room and I will ask him what he thinks about it. He has plenty of women who are willing to fuck him but I think he will see the advantages to my proposal." I nod and run a finger over Syrax's horn, I guess I just have to wait now.
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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Eragon Targaryen
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Holding Danny's hand we speed to our room in a not-so-casual way, her heated looks and soft whispers keeping me 'ready'.
Almost kicking the door down to get into the room I slam it shut and pick her up by her ass and take her sweet lips for myself. She hums and wraps her arms around my neck and wraps her legs around my waist.
My head goes fuzzy as I walk toward the bed but I see something in the corner of my eye that causes me to freeze. Aemma and Rhaenyra watching while sitting at the table in the room with wine pitchers Infront of them.
"Hello." I break the kiss causing Danny to whine but she turns and sees the other two people and groans out loud.
"We wanted to fuck." She crudely puts it causing Rhaenyra to roll her eyes and gesture to the bed.
"Go ahead, but I would like it if we talked first." She puts a hand under her chin and the elbow on the table to prop her head up.
"Talk about what?" Danny asks as I slide my hands into her dress and play with her breasts while breathing into her ear. She shivers but keeps eye contact with Rhaenyra who seems a bit embarrassed to tell us what is going on.
"My mom wants to get fucked, she is leaving soon and wants to try to get a baby. Her husband is gay and can't perform and she also is enticed by the idea of having a dragon-blood baby." My hands freeze while pinching Daenerys nipples and she rubs her backside on my crotch.
"What?"