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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Daenerys Targaryen
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Huh?
Another one?
"What did you say?" Eragon asks with a sigh.
"I asked Rhaenyra if she would return to the Vale to be my heir, my husband is into men, and all attempts we have taken failed. I have let him know I plan on trying with someone else and he is going to help me cover it up. The baby would be an Arryn, I thought it would be a good idea to at least try while I am here to get that baby from you." Standing on my own feet but leaning on Eragon I look at the woman, what is she planning?
"What is your goal if you do end up having Eragons kid, this isn't saying you can but I would like to know what your plans are. I consider all of Eragons kids to be my own and I won't have one growing up far away and used in some scheme." She looks away from Eragon and our eyes meet as Aemma adjusts in her seat.
"I have multiple reasons but the main two would be the blood relation between House Targaryen and the 'new' heir would allow for House Arryn to be in the running for a royal wedding. Given it would be kept a secret but you would still know and could marry your other kids into House Arryn in the future. The second reason should be obvious, Eragon is the father of dragons and by returning the dragons to life he made his house's blood raise in value by untold amounts." She is a little blunt but I would rather that than she try to hide her intentions.
"So you want to have a chance of dragon riders in House Arryn in the future?" Eragon asks, his voice no long husky and longing but a serious tone that makes my knees even weaker.
"Maybe, I would be satisfied with getting a marriage to House Targaryen and being one of the families that are used to keep the blood strong. Similar to how we did once before when we had a Targaryen marry in and then we married out an Arryn with dragon blood. It would put us above most of the other houses and keep our cooperation strong." I nuzzle my head on Eragon and his hand runs through my hair as he thinks about what she said.
The potential danger of doing this is if House Arryn was able to claim a dragon eventually due to having dragon blood. We already discussed different ways to monitor this, things will have to be set up in the future so people can't walk into the dragon mount or somewhere else the dragons rest and claim a riderless one.
It isn't a big deal now as the only unclaimed dragon is Balerion and hopefully Shaena will have a baby that Balerion will bond with.
On the other side, it would give a great house dragon blood and make them a viable marriage partner for future kings or queens. It would do a lot of good for House Targaryen to marry out for a few generations if we win the war. This way we establish stronger ties with the houses we rule and by marrying brother to sister we miss out on this. But with a dragon blood Lord or Lady of the Vale, they will have a kid that is perfect to use as a partner.
"I don't see why not, a bit unexpected but it could be a good thing in the long run. But what about the kid not looking like your husband, surely you thought of that?" She nods and sets her cup to the side.
"I will just shelter the child early in life and if anyone stirs up a fuss I will say it is sickly or something. The war will start sooner rather than later and once it does if it takes that long and the child is already born which I don't find likely, it won't matter as much. The only person who will be a problem is mainly Lord Royce and I have him handled, his son and me will have a long talk with him." For some reason, I feel bad for the Lord of House Royce.
"Well then, it seems we have made it to an agreement, I will continue with what I was doing and then I will 'help' you out." Eragon pulls my dress off and lifts me with one arm and lays me on the bed.
He undresses and stands before me on the side of the bed looking down at my naked body.
I hold my arms out and he leans in with a smile.
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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Shiera Targaryen
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"Ughhhh." Rhaenys groans and her head falls onto the table distracting Visenya from her practice.
"Could you stop?" Visenya shakes her head and narrows her eyes at her half-sister and I almost giggle seeing her reaction.
"No, I feel like I got cheated out of something and the feeling won't leave no matter how much I try to distract myself." Rhaenys lifts her head with a red mark on her forehead and complains for the tenth time since we started lessons today.
"If you are going to complain so much try doing it in the Summer Tongue it might help you learn it a bit faster as complaining comes naturally to you." Visenya smiles while taunting to which Rhaenys responds by crossing her arms.
"I am sorry Rhaenys that you are stuck with me for the remainder of your lessons." I pretend to be upset and Rhaenys gives a worried look before catching on and snorting.
"I don't see why he thinks we need to stop getting lessons from him." I shake my head because Eragon said they will never learn if he teaches them.
It would just end up with them fucking the whole time if things continued the way they were, according to him. He also said he wants to give them a little bit more space so they can think about what they talked about and is giving them time to cool their heads and think it through.
"Because you will just try to get him out of his clothes the entire time so we need Shiera to help us instead so you don't distract the both of us." Visenya's answer makes Rhaenys sigh and slump into her seat with a defeated look.
"I mean you're not wrong but it is still annoying to hear you say it, and don't act like you wouldn't be helping me take them off. Your 'distract me' nonsense is pointless when I saw how Eager you became when you got going." I feel like they forget I am even here sometimes, I cough into my hand and they both look across the table at me.
"How about we put that aside for now and focus, you can discuss those things when the lessons are over." They both slowly agree with a nod and look back into their book.
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298 AC
Dorne - Sunspear
Rhaella Targaryen
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I look at Shaena and wonder if she thinks I don't know.
I don't even need to have someone else tell me and I instead can look at her and tell she is feeling guilty. She feels guilty because she is having sex with her brother and hasn't told me about it yet.
Though I already figured it out, she may be able to hide how she feels from others but her heart will always be on her sleeve to me. I taught her everything she knows and so I can easily pick up on my teachings. At first, I thought she was just having sex with some random man in the palace, it seemed unlikely to be the case, and turned out I was wrong.
Talking with Daenerys and Eragon I was able to pick up on things, Eragon seems to be 'exploring' sex and is keeping himself busy. Though I told him to be mindful of where he deposits his seed he slipped up. He said 'most' are drinking moon tea, so someone isn't drinking moon tea, after that, it was simply putting pieces together.
I knew he got seduced by Elia and her friends, I didn't think Shaena was a part of that but there was a chance. Add on the guilt she has been showing and the looks she has been giving Eragon on different occasions and it seems she is likely having sex with him. I also am starting to think that she is the one not drinking moon tea, it would explain the vast amount of guilt. Fucking her brother isn't cause for her to feel this guilty, so she is likely trying for a baby.
I of all people know how much she wants more children, so I don't doubt she would be willing. I just never saw it coming and now I am hesitant to bring it up. But I also need to bring it up, Eragon is already planning to marry three and I would hope he makes it four. Shiera is technically a bastard but Viserys using his power as the rightful king gave her the family name. That can be skipped by Eragon marrying her and also it would be better for Shaena overall.
"So how are you feeling mother?" Shaena smiles softly and pretends she hasn't been sitting here for the better part of an hour thinking her words over.
"I am fine, how are you feeling?" I look toward her lower stomach, giving her a hint that I am on to her.
"That's good, I am also doing fine." Her hand places where my eyes are and it seems she knows full well that I am onto her.
"So when were you planning to tell me?" I put an elbow on the table and lean my cheek onto my fist looking into her eyes.
"I was planning to wait until I knew for sure but I changed my mind and decided to come to talk to you about it." Hmm, that is not a horrible idea as she could not even get pregnant before Eragon leaves.
"Well since you brought it up what is it you wanted to say?" She changed her mind but for what reason?
"Nothing big, I just changed my mind and decided to inform you of my decision instead of leaving you out. I didn't want you to learn later and be upset I hid it from you as I did with Shiera." I knew about Shiera as well, long before you told me about the pregnancy.
"I see, that does make me a bit happy I am glad you decided to include me." I suppose this is not the worst thing that could happen.
She was unlikely to marry for an alliance, but with her age and the fact she has an adult child, she isn't exactly the most attractive hand for someone. There are plenty that would take her as a wife because of her looks and body but she isn't interested in that. She seemed pretty set on just ignoring men so I don't know what Eragon did but I think it will be for the best.
More Targaryens will be better for us in the long run and can help secure our rule once we take back the throne. It is one of the biggest problems we had previously, we didn't have any marriage alliances other than Dorne. We should have had the Vale but they were the first to rebel, this time around we need to fix that issue.
"So you don't have anything to say about it?" I shake my head and drop my arm down onto the table.
"No, I just wish you luck and will support you along the way should the seed take root. With your current age, I know from experience how rough the pregnancy will be compared to your first so I will help you any way I can." She sits still and almost looks uncomfortable. "What's wrong with me not reacting negatively? Did you expect me to yell at you or something? You are old enough to know what you want and it's your body, if you want to have a baby I support you." Her eyes wet and she stands up and walks around the table and wraps me in a hug.
"Thank you, mom." Her muffled voice in my shoulder almost brings me to tears as well but I hold it in.
"Your welcome baby." I pat her back with one hand and run the other through her hair.
I just hope Eragon doesn't get too comfortable with the idea of making kids because of this. He needs to take things at a careful pace and let the girls mature a bit more before he puts a baby into them.