House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men
Chapter 423: The Martells III

Chapter 423: The Martells III

(Drakken’s POV)

"I’ll make you feel as comfortable as you desire." I said as I lit some candles in Tyene’s chambers, "Worry not about a thing. We can go slow, if you want."

I turned to look at her as she sat on the edge of her bed. She had a nervous look on her face as she gripped her dress. Her breathing was slowly getting more labored and I could see sweat on her face.

"I...." She said softly

I walked over to her, "Hm." I said, "Are you scared?"

She looked up at me, "A little bit...."

I chuckled and sat down next to her, "Ah, don’t worry." I said, "I won’t force you. If you don’t want to do anything tonight, we won’t. We can simply talk."

"Talk....?" She asked

I reached for her hair, "Yes." I said, "Talk."

Her dark brown hair was unusually beautiful. I normally don’t pay attention to such a color on a hair, considering that I am more of a pure white or a jet black hair kind of man. Daranne’s golden hair was so beautiful that I enjoyed it dearly. But Tyene’s dark brown was very beautiful, reflecting the light of candle, causing it to glow.

"I have....." She said as she looked down, "A few questions."

I raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"

"My child...." She said softly, "Will it be taken away from me when the time comes? You can agree to some extent, but I know that you do things when you desire. Should the time come that you wish to take my child away, I can do nothing about it."

"Don’t worry about that." I said as I ran my fingers through her hair, "Not now, at least."

"Right....." She said, "I.....well...."

"Yes?" I asked

"I heard rumors." She said

"What rumors?" I asked

"Is it true that you fell from the stars?" She looked at me, "That you came crashing down in a star that shook the entire realm."

Ah. The Fall.

I hardly think about that nowadays. Being flung through the interdimensional barriers, shrouded in Soulway energy. I do wonder what the fuck happened for the Soulway to suddenly spit me out somewhere else that is not my world.

"Hm." I said, "Yes. That is true."

"You came from the stars?" She asked, "H-How is that possible?"

"To explain the truth is not going to be easy." I told her, "But in a way, I did come from said stars. But to be honest, I know nothing of these stars that are in your night sky. I do not come from them, not really."

"I....I can try to understand." She asked

"Curious thing, are you?" I chuckled as I grabbed her hand and lifted it, feeling her soft palms

"Well....." She said, "When a God comes out of nowhere, conquering everything you know.....and taking everything by force, you’re bound to be curious about some things."

"Hm." I said, "I know that feeling all too well."

"Is that so?" She asked, "But you are a god."

"Even gods have history." I said as I gently ran my hand along her arm, feeling her soft skin, "You do well to remember that."

"That is true." She said, "My Lord....."

"What is it?" I asked her

"I am scared." She said softly

"Of what?" I asked

"Of what could happen to me after tonight." She looked down

"You don’t have to fear anything." I told her, "Nothing could happen tonight. You wanted to talk, let’s talk. For tonight, that is."

"Well....." She said, "I want to keep my end of the bargain."

"You will." I said, "But don’t worry about me. I will never do anything to hurt someone who I know will bear me a child. But let those worries fly out of your body."

"Let us go to the roof and gaze at the stars."

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"Does it not bother you?" Tyene asked as we both laid on the roof, looking up at the night sky, "To have so many women with you?"

"Why would it?" I asked as I saw some celestial bodies shine brightly, "Hm?"

"You have three wives." She said, "How does that work?"

"Don’t know what to tell you. They’re my wives.....they are the mother of my children." I said, "It’s not that difficult to comprehend."

"It is just difficult to understand, considering that everything I know about the world.....fully contradicts what you bring." She said softly

"Lords of the Realm have wives and they have mistresses." I told her, "They have bastards as well, in which they occasionally neglect or accept. The Faith or some other fuck-ass law allows for Men to only have one wife. But I am no Man. Why should I, a God, tether myself to the beliefs of imbeciles inferior to me? I built my own religion here, I can bend the rules of Man to my whim."

"I see...." She said, "But you have wives...not mistresses..."

"Hm." I said, "You don’t have to marry me if you don’t want to. I can tell by the tone of voice, that you are nervous about everything."

"I am." She said, "But I really don’t know how that would work, to be one of many women. How can you have so much attention for all of them?"

"When you live as long as I have, you learn to do just that." I told her, "Time isn’t as limited as you think. When you spend 85 years in a hellish prison, fighting constantly to regain your power, time is but an afterthought."

"Oh." She said softly, "You are older than 80 years?"

"I am a bit under 900 years old." I said seriously, "I am from a time before the kingdoms of my land gathered under a single rule. A rule that I’ve established, placing that cunt on the throne...."

"I do not believe it." She said as she looked at me, "You are....centuries old? You are older than the Targaryen Dynasty? You are possibly older than.....House Martell?"

"Perhaps." I said, "But I don’t really know much of the history of this place. Well, I do know....but not all of it. I believe there are mysteries even the expert Maesters don’t know the truth of."

"You are....from the stars...." She said, "A land beyond our world.....you are not from here...."

"A smart one, aren’t you?" I said as I pointed at the star, "See that formation? One that resembles a square?"

She looked up at the sky, seeing what I was referring to; a formation of four stars aligned in a square formation. The one in the right corner was shining more brightly than the other.

"Where I am from, there is a similar formation, with an extra star in the middle." I told her, "My people strongly believe it is the door to what we call The Soulway. Anytime a being from another land crashes onto ours, it is shot through there. And when I fell, I believe I came from there as well."

"The Soulway?" She asked

"A vortex of unimaginable power that transcends time and space." I said, "It is something that not even the mightiest of gods can overcome. It cannot be broken, it cannot be defeated, it can only be slightly manipulated. And that is what humbles us Gods at times....."

"There are powers mightier than even us."