The Fire Prevails - Aemond Targaryen

by caffinatedmonarchy

Summary:

"Tell me, how does it feel with my teeth in your heart?" (Euripides, Medea)

The second born child of Rhaenyra Targaryen, and her only daughter, Aeryn Velaryon, returns to Kings Landing six years after Aemond claims Vhagar and loses his eye to her brother Lucerys. She is no longer a mischevious child, but a confident and fiery young woman whom soon becomes completly entangled in her families politics.

And as hatred and love blooms between two unlikely souls she is faced with the ultimate predicament: her love for the enemy, or her duty to her family.

*orginally posted to wattpad under the same username*

Notes:

hi everyone!
before you read this fic, i would just like to note that this fic follows the timeline in a Fire & Blood. additionaly, be forewarned that it will include themes such as sexual content, violence, gore, profanity and incest.

Chapter 1: Prologue

114 AC

Kings Landing

 

It is said that every time a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air and the world holds its breath to see how it will land.

Upon the rise of the fifteenth day, of the eleventh moon, Princess Rhaenyra's screams could be heard throughout the red keep. Kings Landing was shrouded in complete darkness, save for the rising dawn, when Rhaenyra's labours came to an end.

This babe was undeniably more stubborn than her first. Which is fitting, considering the babe would be Rhaenyra's only daughter, and her most vivacious child.

This day would later be remembered as the beginning of the end, for when the gods flipped Aeryn Velaryon's coin, it did not land.