CHAPTER 332: QUARREL

(Drakken’s POV)

"You overdid it." Mya told me, "Lord Drakken....."

I shrugged, "Does it bother you?" I looked at her, "That I had sex with her?"

"Not necessarily." She said, "But two nights in a row while he heard? That was a bit too much. They returned to King’s Landing."

"I gave her a choice." I said as I leaned back, "And she made it. She chose me."

"Hm." She said as she took a sip of her tea, saying nothing else, "I see."

I raised an eyebrow, "What? Is there a problem?"

"Aside from the fact that I wanted to be in her place?" She said with a smile, "No. Well.....there is one."

"What is it?" I asked her

"Them." She said softly, "They won’t take it well. Jocelyn is their aunt after all."

"I could fuck their mother for all I care, it shouldn’t matter." I said as I crossed my arms, "This is nothing."

"If you say so." She said

I reached for her waist, "If you wish to feel the same pleasure as she did." I said as I pulled her towards me, "I am more than willing to give it to you."

"Hm." She said as I hugged her from behind as I sat her on my lap, "Is that so? Are you not spent ?"

"Who do you think you’re talking to?" I asked with a chuckle, "I have plenty of energy."

"Ho?" She said

The door opened and Maegelle walked in, a serious look on her face.

"Maegelle." I said, "Good, you’re he-"

"Stand up." She said as she stood in front of me

"Huh?" I asked as Mya got off me and sat on the seat next to me

"Stand up." She repeated

I stood up, "What’s the matter?" I asked her, "I was about to-"

I felt the sting of her hand slapping my face as I stood there.

I was a bit stunned by the action, not because it hurt, but because I didn’t expect her to do this.

I looked at her, "What are you-"

"How dare you.....?!" She said with a serious scowl, tears forming in her eyes, "Drakken!!"

"What?" I asked

"My aunt?" She asked as she stepped back, "My aunt?! You slept with my aunt?!"

"Jocelyn, hm?" I said, "Well, yes."

"I can’t believe you." She shook her head, "And....and what you did...to Aemon...."

"If it bothers you that I had sex with Jocelyn, you should kn-" i started

"It’s not that you had sex with her!" She cut me off, "Its that you did it while my brother heard the entire thing! You know the pain he was feeling! He lost a child! His dead wife was alive with no memory of him! His daughters don’t know that Jocelyn is alive and here! And you just bedded her?! While he heard the whole thing? You forced him to go through that?! Drakken.....!"

"I gave her a choice." I told her

"Jocelyn is not in the right state of mind." Maegelle said, her voice trembling, "You practically took advantage of her. She doesn’t know what she wanted...."

"Her mind is perfectly fine." I said, "I merely gave her what she wanted."

"At what cost?" She asked, "My Brother’s torment?"

"That’s right." I said, "He deserves that and worse for what he did."

"I am angry at him for what happened to Daranne, too, Drakken." She said softly, "But this was not right."

"I never claimed to do things that were right, Maegelle!" I exclaimed, "I do everything to torment him and your Father!! The very reason I took you is because I wanted to get back ar Jaehaerys. For him to know that I fucked his dau-"

She cut me off by slapping me again.

There was a bit of silence, I simply stood there a bit stunned by this.

"Once is fine." I said seriously, "Twice is stretching it. Do it again and-"

"What? You’ll strike me? You wouldn’t." She said with an angry look, tears flowing down her cheeks, "You would never dare to do such a thing."

"Why is this a problem?" I asked, "Jocelyn means nothing to me."

"But she means plenty to my Family." She said, "And you.....you.....what you did....it was too much, Drakken. I don’t care if you go on and have mistresses....But I am your wife...we are! Show us some respect! Show my family some respect! You slept with my dead aunt, whom you resurrected....you did so while her husband heard!!"

"Aemon is not her husband." I told her

"That is not the point!!" She shouted, "The point is that you did something terrible! That-"

"It’s what I do, Maegelle!" I shouted back, "Terrible things is what I do!! Don’t stand there and act like I am a saint, you know who you married! You know who you gave a child to!!! Aemon deserved it! I will do things like these and worse if it means avenging my Daranne! Who I lo-"

I stopped myself before I could finish the sentence.

"We all loved her." She said softly, "You weren’t the only one."

I clenched my fists, "I don’t regret what I did."

She looked at me, and her lips were trembling. It is as if her conscience prevented her from not feeling emotional about this. What I did was pure emotional and psychological torture for Aemon.

I am not surprised that she reacted this way.

So why am I hurt by it?

She turned around, "I am leaving." She said as she wiped her face and began to walk away, "I am taking Vaella and we are going to the Citadel!"

"What?" I said, "No. You’re not. You’re not going anywhere without my leave!"

She stopped and looked at me, "You want to keep bedding my aunt, be my guest!!" She shouted, "You want to go and bed any other woman in the realm, do what you want. But my daughter and I will be at the Citadel, helping people and converting them to the Trinity while you indulge yourself in debauchery!"

I scowled, "You are not taking my daughter from me." I said angrily, "If you want to go, then fucking go! Vaella stays here!"

"I am her Mother." She said with a glare, "She goes where I go."

I took a step forward, "Maegelle you-"

"Let her go." Mya stepped in front of me and placed her hand on my chest, "My Lord, it is okay. I will handle it."

I looked at her, "What?!" I said, "She is not going to take my daughter away! She-"

"Lord Drakken." She patted both my cheeks, "I will escort her personally with Ser Brynden and his men. I will stay with her a couple of weeks and will establish a proper presence while she is there. Let her.....it is okay. She will be safe. Your daughter will be safe."

I pulled away, "Fine." I said, "If I hear someone laid a finger on both of them, I will destroy the Citadel. And Maegelle..."

She looked at me with tears in her eyes, "What?"

"This isn’t over." I told her, "You will regret doing this."

"I...." She turned around and walked out the room, "I fucking hate you."

I stood there, not expecting her to curse that way.

Mya sighed, "I didn’t expect this." She said, "Are you happy with how this turned out?"

I gritted my teeth, "I don’t wanna fucking hear it." I told her, "You will make sure my daughter is safe."

"I will." She told me,

"Her too."