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@alicentry 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 : 7 // 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐘 𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 .

❛ 𝑵𝑶 𝑬𝑺𝑪𝑨𝑷𝑬 … 𝑴𝒀 𝑩𝑶𝑫𝒀 𝑾𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑵𝑼𝑴𝑩 … 𝑪𝑨𝑵'𝑻 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑳 𝑴𝒀 𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑺 . ❜

the  second  born  prince  lay  in  bed  ,  having  called  on  his  lady  mother  to  attend  to  him.  it  is nine  years   to  the  day  since  lucerys  velaryon  had  taken  his  eye  ;  it  is  some  cruel  poetry  that  the  injury  has  rendered  him  bedridden  on  this  day.  the  left  side  of  his  face  is   ON   FIRE  ,  the  pain  so  intense  he  can  hardly  feel  anything  else.  a  brilliant  mind  usually  swirling  with  thoughts  has  gone  quiet  ,  his  spoken  words  but  pitiful  croaks  as  he  finally  turns  his  head  to  look  toward  alicent.

❛ 𝑖 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 … ❜

I just realized some of that might have sounded like a burning to death pun/joke but it was not omfg 🥹🥹🥹

        part of her wants to smile at that, but she doesn’t.   only inching further away on the seat like she always does, eyes still on her embroidery pattern for the day  ( a trail of ladybugs, in loving memory of the ones she kept in a jar that had to be removed once she was married ).  her mother’s words are nice and are meant to be comforting, but they aren’t true — if she believed it was, that didn’t necessarily make it true.  “there is no heart in this castle.  there won’t be for some time,”  helaena tells her after a moment.  “none of our individual pieces will ever fit together to fit that mold, mother.”

‘ YOU NEEDN’T do this. ’ pale fingers dance over the necklace laid out upon the table for alicent to wear. it is a fine present, the first of many, she is sure, gifted from her father to her former confidant. bitterly, she cannot help but wonder if once it was her mother’s if perhaps queen aemma had never been fond of the piece and so it fell into disuse in the early years of her parents’ marriage. just as his crown would someday rest upon her head, her mother’s jewels would rest at alicent’s throat.

she turns, eyes wide, shinning with unshed tears that she tries to keep at bay. ‘ you can run, i will take you across the narrow sea and you can make a life in the free cities. ’ there is a terrible biting pain in her throat as she speaks, ‘ say the word and i will have syrax readied. ’