House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men-Chapter 121: Daranne Drakkengard

(Drakken's POV)

[Harrenhal]

"Well, forgive me for taking so long." I said as I walked over to Daranne as she sat in a chair, "You know how warring and conquest is..."

She looked up at me, her emerald eyes glimmering as she held my son, "I...." She started, "I do not, My Lord."

I patted her cheek, "I trust you have been well?" I asked, "You were lonely?"

"Maegelle kept me company." she said, "But I did miss you."

I looked at Sylas, he was struggling to keep his eyes open. I could tell the boy was drowsy, the way his eyes drifted from side to side.

"Hm." I said, "And this one? Has he been good?"

"He...is the same..." Daranne said, "Do you wish to hold him?"

"I am fine." I said as I stepped back and placed my hands in my pockets, "Anything to tell me?"

"Not necessarily." She said with a frown, "Did I do something wrong?"

I shook my head, "No, my sweet little flower." I said, "I am....well, you know...making conversation."

"Ah." She said as she looked down at Sylas, "I see...."

"Mya and Maegelle have told me that you require more attention than them combined." I told her, "Well, here we are."

"I see..." She said, "How was Dorne?"

"Ah, it was hot....so I made it cool..." I said with a chuckle, "You should have seen it, the storms...it was a thing of beauty, the way that lightning struck the sands and left nothing but fulgurite....the way that waters flooded the land....the way the wind ripped apart their structures....my Ammaria is the perfect weapon...."

"I am glad you had fun, My Lord." She said

I looked at her, "I took Sunspear." I said, "It was not difficult. I had a bit of fun myself, killing some dornishmen with my bare hands. I simply could not resist."

"That sounds like you." She said with a smile

I looked at her, she was giving off an alluring aura. For some reason, my eyes could not be taken off her. Her blonde hair shone in the light of the candles, her emerald eyes were glimmering. The way she just sat there, gracefully, while holding our son....it reminded me of how Mya looked.

And I could not help but be attracted by that.

"I brought Oren Martell back to Harrenhal. I am going to give him an eternal torture as punishment for fucking with me." I said, "I left his sister, Elia, in charge of Dorne."

"Oh, that is interesting." She said, "What will she do?"

"Nothing that will endanger her people." I said as I walked back to her, "She made me an offer, however....I found it amusing."

She looked at me, "What was the offer?"

"She was willing to let me put a child in her in exchange for the safety of her people." I said, "What do you think about that?"

She had a surprised look on her face, "Oh." she said softly, "That is....."

"Hm?" I asked

"Did you accept?" She asked me

"No." I said, "Mya brought up some good points...so I did not accept....would it have been a problem with you should i have?"

"N-No." She said, "Why would it be?"

I noticed that Sylas had closed his eyes and had gone to sleep, "Hm." I said, "Let this one sleep, my dear. Let us speak....."

"Alone."

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"It is an interesting thing..." I said as I looked up at the ceiling, "How almost every person in this world assumes that I will be bought with women."

"You were bought by my Father that way...." Daranne said as she was in my arms, "Why would you barely question it now?"

I looked at her, "I did not care much for what your Father offered." I said, "You know I only wanted the Gold."

"But you took us still...." She said, "You could have only taken the gold....left us there...."

"Right...and what would have happened?" I asked her as I rubbed her shoulder, "Hm? You would have been married off to some dumb Lord that might have been twice your age and looked like it. He would have treated you worse than a common whore. Placing his wretched cock in you and put as many children as he possibly could in you. Was that something you and your sister would have wanted? Dara is happy, as happy as she could be with Jon. He treats her well, like a Queen. Only because it is a lifestyle that I can supply, being Jon's Lord and all."

She was quiet for a couple of seconds, her bare body pressed against mine. I could smell the sweet scent of her hair, driving me crazy by the second.

"My whole life...." She said, "I was just one piece of a pair.....my sister was the loud and visible one....we are a soul in two bodies and everyone still looked at her....."

"Hm?" I said as I looked at her

"Even my Father....my brother...." She continued, "They looked at Dara more than they looked at me. I was given the gold, the luxury a Lannister got....but it was not what I wanted. Whenever my Father called me, it was not to bond with his daughter, it was merely to order me around....to tell me to attend a party so a suitor could look at me.....but the suitors never looked at me....they looked at Dara..who was louder....more expressive.....we have the same face but Dara was more beautiful than I was..."

"Is that how you feel, my Daranne?" I asked, "You felt inferior to your sister?"

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"Dara got everything she wanted....she was good to me....she is my sister....I know she cares for me..." Daranne kept speaking, "But everyone wanted her.....not...not me....until you....."

"Hm...." I said as I looked back up to the ceiling

"The way you scowled when she spoke to you, you were uninterested in her. And me....at first..." She said, "Until that one day that I followed you into Lyssa's cave...your eyes were filled with Lust and you craved for something....and you took me...."

"I remember that..." I said

"I wanted to be...well, desired...and in that moment, you desired me...." She said softly, "And since then, you used me....and I felt wanted....I felt needed.....even if it was false, it was something that was satisfactory to me....until you decided to make me your Lady...."

"You are the Mother of my son, Daranne. There is no need to feel this way anymore."

"I have always wanted to be loved...." Daranne told me, "And to love someone.....and My Lord....I have found that someone....you are everything to me.....my son....my beautiful boy....I adore you....so please....please, I beg of you..."

I looked at her, "What?"

"Do not forsake me...." She said with tears in her eyes, "Do not ignore me when you have no use of me....that is all I ask for....."

"You little flower...." I said as I patted her cheek, "You are mine, don't you forget that. Whatever that means to you, it matters not. Since you belong to me, nobody else...."

"I will not forget you..."