Chapter 55: Taking Ashara to Storm's End
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"Do I have a say!!" Mocked Ashara as she looked at her brother. Whatever she said would not even amount to anything. Her brother wanted her to marry Lord Baratheon, and she would marry him. Of course, she could refuse, but Arnold might blame her for wasting such an offer. At least, she knew a little about the man and had a liking to his character.
"No." Joked Arnold as he turned to Edward to see him looking at his sister with an amusing smile, which made her pout more. Arnold thought that there had to be something behind their interaction, but he decided to ignore it for now.
"She agreed, Lord Baratheon. What are your plans next? Do we start with the wedding ceremonies at once?" Asked Arnold as he wanted to seal this deal as fast as he could. Ashara and Allyria looked annoyed after hearing what Arnold said. It was as if their brother was selling them off rather than marrying them.
Edward was also a little annoyed, but why should he care? Wasn't he going to have what he wanted? He might as well use this situation to incite Ashara's hatred towards Dorne and the Daynes, although Edward knew that it would not do much, as most of the females of the noble houses had the same fate.
"I wish to invite Ashare to live in Storm's End for some months before starting with the wedding ceremonies. I would also extend the invite to her sister to accompany her. We could start with the wedding ceremonies in two months." Said Edward as he looked at Ashara to see if she agreed. Getting a nod, Edward sighed in relief, secretly. This witch had captured his soul, and he was only trying to resist her influence.
"As you wish, Lord Baratheon. Now, we can discuss the marriage in detail." Said Arnold as his real motive started to take shape. Arnold wanted to use this marriage to have the most benefits that he could get from Stormsland.
Stormsland was now rich, and house Baratheon was now the second wealthiest house in Westeros. They were also not that far behind the Lannisters. Arnold wanted to get some goods and include Starfall in the trade network.
Edward turned into his businessman mode at the moment. He negotiated the terms of the cooperation carefully.
Edward would never come out as the loser of a deal in this life. Edward only promised to open a trade road by land to Starfall in the next five years. He would also add Starfall to the trade network when Narrow Hall's port started operating. No one knew what would be the kind of relationship between the two houses after the rebellion. So this deal would be on hold till then. But Edward was not that miser and gave them Ashara's weight of gold.
Edward stayed in Starfall for a week to finalize most of the details. He continued his talk with Arnold in those days and gave him some benefits just for Ashara.
Ashara and Edward had some real talk with each other after that day. Ashara was mad at Edward for playing her for a fool all that time. She continued to have her angry expression for the next three days.
Edward did not even try to comfort her as he found that expression cute and beautiful enough that he just stared at her while she was nagging him.
Ashara returned back to her natural expression after those three days only to annoy him after Edward said he loved it. Their relationship was so fucked up. Edward liked to annoy her, and she would pay him back. What a mess?
But it was apparent that the two had some feelings for each other, or Edward and Ashara would not behave like that. Edward had fallen deep for Ashara. It was as if Ashara had bewitched him with her charms. Although Edward appeared in control when he was with her, he was having a long battle with his heart using his well.
Edward wanted to kidnap this witch and made her entirely his, but he was afraid of hurting her feelings and resisted himself to take it slowly.
Ashara was also getting trapped a little, by little, by Edward's charm. She could notice that Edward cared about her. Although his action seemed different than the first two times that she met him, he was looking at her with the same look. It was as if he was trying to control himself and resist his urges.
That was why Ashara liked Edward more. She also did not miss such an opportunity to tease him. She was a daring woman, and Edward started to like her personality. He thought that he would find it difficult with this bold personality of hers, at first, but as long as she only used it on him, he would not mind.
Edward also got to know her sister, Allyria. She was such a lovable girl. Edward found that she had a similar personality to her sister, Ashara. For fuck sake, why in seven hells were the Dornish women so daring? Allyria did not even complete her thirteen name day, and she was hitting on him. Edward knew that she was teasing him, but her words were an eye-opener.
After this week was finally over, Edward boarded the ship with Ashara and Allyria. They were going back to Storm's End. The rest of The Dayne would come to Storm's End in two months for the wedding ceremonies. Ashara did not forget to send a raven to her older brother Arthur.
It was the second month of year 279 AC. When Edward and Ashara were still in the sea, boarding the ship taking them back to Stormsland, A raven delivered a message to Edward.
The content of the letter made Edward smile a little. Edward was waiting for this news since the start of the year.
'It's finally starting, huh.' Thought Edward to himself before throwing the letter in the fire. He then went on his way back to accompany Ashara. He was enjoying his time on the ship. Soon, the exciting events would start.