LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 49: The Fight
(Third Person POV)
[The North, Some Time Back....]
On the hills towards the Eastern Coast of The North, coincidentally where a few years later, Balerion would set Skagosi ablaze, The Black Dread laid on the ground, asleep. Syrax, the Princess's dragon, laid a couple of meters by him, asleep as well.
On the hill, a good distance away, Prince Baelon Targaryen and his elder sister, Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen were standing and looking at the cold ocean in the distance. Both of them were outfitted with warm winter clothing that were still that of Targaryen Royalty.
The Prince was messing with what looked like a needle and piece of clothing, his attention solely focused on that.
"It looks much different than the Blackwater..." Rhaenyra said as her breath was visible, "It looks colder..."
"Probably because it is." Baelon said with a chuckle
Rhaenyra looked at her brother, someone who had grown much taller than her in the recent years, his purple eyes looking at his hands as he was fidgeting with the cloth and needle.
"What are you doing?" Rhaenyra asked him
"Helaena has gotten into embroidery...." He said, "She's gotten good, got me a small tapestry and all, Balerion's head. I'm trying to learn as well so I can give her one of Dreamfyre's head....but I am terrible at it...."
"Is that so?" Rhaenyra smiled
"Yeah." Baelon said without looking up, "You know, Sister. It surprised me when you called all of a sudden. Wanting to go on a ride with me after all this time. I found it unusual. Is it alright for you to leave your children?"
"They're with their Father." Rhaenyra said, "And trust me, the way I feel right now, I would have them flying with me anywhere."
Baelon looked at her, "The way you feel right now?" He asked, "What does that mean?"
Rhaenyra looked down and smiled slightly, "It's...." She started, "It's....I don't know, I am not sure if I should speak on it."
Baelon looked at her sister's features, her fair skin was even fairer due to the cold climate of the north, and there was a hint of red on her nose due to the cold. Right now, Baelon was a bit taken aback by her beauty but he did not think much about it.
"I'm your brother, you can trust me with whatever is bothering you, Rhaenyra." Baelon told her as he looked back at the needle in his hand, "You know that."
"It's him, Trevor." Rhaenyra said
"What about him?" Baelon asked
"I don't know.....he's been acting odd." She said, "He does his duties, he is a great father. But....it's like he's not the same person I fell for....the same man that I chose, the man that I had to speak for when Father denied him...."
Baelon continued fidgeting with the needle, focusing back on it, "Well, all I know is that he's fortunate, as well as his House." He said, "You are the Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. They should all kiss the ground you walk on in worship. For a lowly House like theirs, it is a rarity for that to happen."
"Please..... " Rhaenyra said, "Enough with the flattery."
"You are my sister." he said seriously, "Nobody but the best deserves you. And you deserve only the best."
Rhaenyra looked at him, "Like who? You?"
"Me?" He said, "Well, I didn't mean that but-"
"I'm jesting." She said, "Well.....it wasn't out of the realm of possibility. Otto Hightower suggested it when you were a young boy and I told him to stick it up his ass."
Baelon laughed, "Ha!" He said, "That's hilarious. I don't hate the guy but sometimes a good jab at him is great to do."
Rhaenyra chuckled, "I know. Thinking back on it...." She said, "We Targaryens have done that for generations though....."
"Hm." Baelon said as he stopped fidgeting with the needle, "Is that so? Well, I'm continuing that custom, I suppose. I don't think much of it. You know me, I just do my own thing. Being free is what I prefer."
"Trevor is the father of my children." Rhaenyra said, "But I am not so sure if I still feel the same way for him as I once did. And it's strange, it feels like not much time has passed since then. He feels close yet.....very distant. I love my children.....with everything I have..."
"As you should." Baelon said as he continued
"I suppose you cannot choose who you love." Rhaenyra said with a frown
"Yea..." Baelon said, "Ah!"
Rhaenyra looked at him, he had dropped the needle and his fingertip was bleeding. Baelon had accidentally pricked himself with the needle.
"Are you okay?" Rhaenyra asked
"Yea." Baelon said, "It's just a little blood."
"Let me see." Rhaenyra reached for his hand and began to wipe the blood off with the cloth in Baelon's hand, "You won't be able to be good at this, Baelon. Stick to dragonriding and fighting."
"Hehe." Baelon said as he looked at this, "You are right."
"Do you care about our sister?" Rhaenyra asked him
"Of course." Baelon said as Rhaenyra wrapped his finger in the cloth, "Why do you ask?"
"Do you love her?" Rhaenyra said as she looked at his hand, holding it gently
"Well.....I do..." Baelon said, "But-"
"But not in that way. Not yet at least." She said softly
"I suppose so...." He said
Rhaenyra looked at him, seeing his brother's eyes, which reminded her of their Mother.
"Sister?" Baelon said
"We don't choose who we love, Baelon." Rhaenyra said softly
For a few seconds, there was silence. Only Rhaenyra's heart could be heard, the loud beating through her chest made her feel something. Something she hadn't felt before when being with her dear brother.
Baelon looked at her with a bit of surprise as Rhaenyra leaned in closer to him, her eyes in a bit of a daze and she gently grabbed the back of his head, pulling him down to her face.
Their lips were about to meet when Baelon cleared his throat.
"W-What?" Baelon said
Rhaenyra widened her eyes, "A-Ah...." She said as she pulled away and blushed, looking away, "I'm sorry."
Baelon stood there, a bit surprised by this.
Rhaenyra turned around, "Sorry, Baelon." She said softly, "I...."
Baelon was about to speak when they heard a snap of a twig.
He turned around, "Who's there??"
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[The Present]
(Baelon's POV)
"What? A-Are you threatening to kill my husband?!" Rhaenyra told me with a scowl, "Baelon, how dare you?!"
I looked at her, "Your husband tried to have me killed." I said seriously, "If only Corlys didn't grab my cup, I would have been the one dead!"
"Trevor was affected by the poison!!" Rhaenyra exclaimed, "Why would he-"
"To throw the suspicion off himself!!!" I cut her off, "Can you not see that?"
"No! I don't know why he would do such a thing!" She shouted
"Balerion, Rhaenyra!!" I told her, "That's what this is all about!! Can't you see?! He wanted to eliminate me before I married Helaena and had a child with her, it's obvious now! Freeing up Balerion and starting a war! Aemond is betrothed to Aemma, getting Vhagar in his favor, and the possibility of your boys claiming the Black Dread is high as well. This is all part of his scheme, to get rid of me. He is among those-"
"Baelon, enough!" She cut me off before panting, "I-I cannot believe you. You would think of something so vile.....why would you think that someone like Trevor do something like this....?"
"You told me himself that he had always been acting like he was distant, that he was not the same person you fell in love with." I said as I walked up to her, "What if that was his plan all along, Rhaenyra? What if he made you think he cared about you and only wanted you for our dragon's blood. He made you fall in love wit-"
She cut me off by slapping my face, tears in her eyes as he gave me a serious glare.
I looked at her with surprise, "W-What?"
"I...." She said softly, "To think that I actually felt guilty....."
"Guilty?" I said
"Guilty for falling in love with you....." She said as tears fell down her cheek, "That I fell out of love with Trevor and developed feelings for you, my own flesh and blood.....my own brother, who held a dagger to my throat, who is accusing the father of my children of treason.....what will you do, Baelon? Will you kill me too? I am his wife, after all.....will you kill his children too?"
"No." I said with a serious scowl, "I would never do that."
"But you will have to!!" She shouted, "After all, we are his family. His crimes are our crimes! I....."
"Rhaenyra...." I said
She shook her head, "I cannot believe you, Baelon." She said, "We are blood.....why would you.....I love you....you are my brother."
I cannot keep this up with her. She's not in a proper emotional state and I don't blame her. All of this is going to crumble down badly if I don't do something about this.
"Rhaenyra, I am sorry." I said, "But I'm warning you. If Trevor is truly responsible-"
"You'll bring him before Balerion, I heard you the first time!" She said, "Don't make me strike you again! What happened to you, Baelon? What happened to us? I saw the way you looked at me before.....I....."
"I was a boy, Rhaenyra." I said softly, "I was not aware of my feelings back then. I am aware of them now. I am married, we both are. I love her, Rhaenyra. If I die, she will be sad....."
"I cannot have that."