"The blood of Lucerys will be repaid tenfold. A brother for a brother."
In which Daenys Velaryon, the oldest child of Rhaenyra Targaryen and Laenor Velaryon, must come to terms with the fact that the man she loves has committed an unforgivable crime...
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Synopsis
Lucerys Velaryon was a coward who did not wish to die, but die he did, with all the bravery his young heart could muster.
A true dragon rider's death.
With his death, the war of ravens and envoys came to an end, and the war of fire and blood began in earnest.
Daenys Velaryon would bleed for anything that held her the right way, and who better to bleed for than the woman who had held her when she barely existed?
Even if it meant forsaking the boy she once loved — it made it a little easier that he was no longer that boy. After all, he had renounced her first, and now he owed her a debt.
An eye for an eye.
A brother for a brother.
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╔═*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*═╗ You think you possess me, but I am the one with my teeth in you ╚═*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*═╝
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Cast
Daenys Velaryon
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"I am the dog that my mother keeps in a cage... until her hand was removed."
Aemond Targaryen
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"For years I have abstained. Now I devour."
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"I stuff my mouth full of your name — this is the taste of love, and I will choke on it."
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Playlist
1. Never Love an Anchor - The Crane Wives 2. Two Slow Dancers - Mitski 3. House Song - Searows 4. Your Sister Was Right - Wilbur Soot 5. Born to Die - Lana Del Rey 6. Allies or Enemies - The Crane Wives 7. Like Real People Do - Hozier 8. Rejoice - Julien Baker 9. Please Stay - Lucy Dacus 10. Opera House- Cigarettes After Sex 11. Girl With One Eye - Florence & The Machine
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playlist by @MadalynMakenna
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╔═*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*═╗ Only a monster can love a monster. Only a monster can forgive another. ╚═*.·:·.✧ ✦ ✧.·:·.*═╝
Tropes: - childhood friends to lovers to enemies to... - dagger to throat - Achilles and Patroclus (the rage of Achilles) - "I'm the only one allowed to kill/hurt you"
A/N: We are back folks! The prequel "Before the Sky Falls" is complete and I am rewriting/editing the pre-existing chapters of this fic so they can be ready to publish. I will unfortunately lose the lovely in-line comments yall have left so be sure to lemme know what you think, your interactions motivate me to write and I appreciate them so much. To my old readers, thank you for sticking with me for so long, and to the new readers, welcome, thank you for giving this story a chance.
Disclaimer: This fic is gonna delve more into Dark! Aemond lol cuz in the book he is pretty much a nutjob, and yeah Aemond and Daenys in their divorce era are pretty toxic, and often terrible people in their own rights. Also period typical sexism, lol Aemond is not a feminist icon yall (try not to hold it against him lol ). Also, this is gonna be pretty cannon-divergent lol.
