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lie awake burning

III.   TO LOVE IS TO BURN WITH FIRE

   HOLLOW stars shone down on her with a pale, ashen light. The sound of ocean waves tempting her back to the comfort of oblivion shores. Through a hazy pyretic dream, she glimpsed gleaming ivory stone and glittering azure waters. The familiar scent of spiceflower perfume greeted her with maudlin whispers.

She saw pale lilac eyes and golden sun-spun hair. Lips kissed by roses and a voice of warm honey. "Iksā iā bōsa ñuhoso hen lenton," the woman said sympathetically.

She drew a raspy breath. "Yes, I am..."

Shock painted the woman's features. "Who taught you High Valyrian?"

"My husband ... Daemon Targaryen."

SAERA TARGARYEN by Rosamund Pike
❝ Why can't I take them all as my husbands? ❞

JOHANNA SWANN by Natalie Portman
❝ We are alike, you and I. ❞

[ CHILDREN IN ORDER OF BIRTH: ]

BAELOR TARGARYEN by Ben Barnes
❝ I am as much dragon as I am a wolf.  ❞
Born 101 AC, rider of Frostfyre.

VAEGON TARGARYEN by Tom Hiddleston
❝ Death is a gift but it also has a price. ❞
Born 102 AC, rider of Vithrax.

ALYSE TARGARYEN by Diane Kruger
❝ I can feed you some Tears of Lys. ❞
Born 102 AC, rider of Morghast.

AERION TARGARYEN by Eddie Redmayne
❝ I seem to have lost my way. ❞
Born 108 AC, rider of Voloxes.

NAERYS TARGARYEN by Clémence Poésy
❝ I refuse to pick sides amongst my own family. ❞
Born 114 AC, rider of Dawnbreaker.

BRENNA TARGARYEN by Poppy Drayton
❝ Let's die a good death. ❞
Born 115 AC, rider of Winter.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:
what a bunch of misfits wow. so i gave daemon 6 kids cause he legit had 6 kids in the books lol (if you include visenya). the first 3 kids are the eldest (within rhaenyra, laenor and laena's age group) then the last 3 are the younger ones (within aegon, halaena and aemond's age group).

i don't know what's the actual timeline for hotd cause every website i find has different dates (facepalm). so my timeline is adjusted to the closest one i found and looks the most correct.

btw would you guys be interested if i made spinoff books for the kids like [rhaenyra x baelor] or [aemond x naerys] and maybe [jacaerys x brenna]?

fun facts about the kids:

baelor and brenna being the eldest and youngest are hardcore starks, but are excellent dragonriders too. extremely protective and won't hesitate to kill. (brenna's dragon is named winter, can you imagine her going WINTER IS COMING everyday, this girl is unbelievable)

vaegon and alyse are twins, the perfect targaryen children. literal perfection, they inherited all the good traits from their parents lol but they're murderous as hell. they also like to act, speak and dress in the manner of the free cities to remind everyone that they were born there. my favs tbh.

aerion and naerys supposedly look more like daemon, ironically they're the only peacekeepers in the family. like viserys, they just want everyone to get along. poor babies. they're literally the only unproblematic ones.

btw thank you everyone for reading and supporting this story!! 😭 love you guys ugh i'm sorry if i don't reply to everyone's comments! wattpad doesn't show me everything and my sleeping hours is messed up right now (it's almost 6am and i need to catch some sleep but i'm also hungry zz) xx

Translation:
"Iksā iā bōsa ñuhoso hen lenton" - you are a long way from home.