the wheel of time 1x1 | accepting
【 @gwaynes sent a raven】: ❛ they're here for the same reason as i am. ❜
amidst discarded, wine-stained robes && several nude women laid the king, utterly debauched in a way he hadn't been in a long time— or so he believed. surely, with all the stress he was under, a single night filled with merriment was the least he deserved .. ?? apparently not everyone shared the sentiment, for his weary eyes eventually opened to the unwelcome sight of men clad in armor; some looking away in case he attempted to save what little dignity he had left whereas some others couldn't conceal the identical looks of reproach as they perceived the state their ruler was in.
though the man who seemed to be in charge of this .. expedition neither recoiled nor scowled at him, he seemed almost—
"do i amuse you, uncle ?" aegon slurred, mirroring the insincere smile the knight seemed to wear too often. "what is all this .. what are they doing here," he continued while vaguely gesturing at the small army of guards behind gwayne before rolling onto his back with a grunt, the whores slowly disentangling their limbs from the king's in case they somehow found themselves in trouble. they always did scurry away like mice at the faintest air of tension .. how dull.
"oh ?" he sneered, finding the answer insufficient and rather insolent; but he was feeling generous enough to let it slide .. for now. he knew what this was about. mother's demands, surely— for there was nothing more hateful in her eyes than a bit of joy, apparently. "well then i'm afraid you all wasted a perfectly good night on a lost cause, for i have no intention of returning home tonight .."
