crisis of my faith
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Aemond is perhaps the only one who truly has patience for Helaena’s oddities and eccentricities. Helaena is perhaps the only one who seems capable of weathering Aemond’s darkest moods since the loss of his eye.
They are brother and sister.
They are Targaryens.
Alicent has never thought, she has never dreamed, and she will not voice it now.
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Alicent comes to a harrowing conclusion.
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- Part 1 of crisis of my faith
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The worst part is seeing how pleased Helaena is, the visceral happiness she has found in the simple pleasure of a dance. Aegon never asks her to dance, never leads her out onto the dance floor and spins her around for all to adore.
He never treasures her, not the way he should. Not the way Aemond would.
(Not the way he does.)
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Jace asks Helaena to join him in a dance, meaning to provoke Aegon in front of their family. The consequence of his action is far from expected.
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- Part 2 of crisis of my faith
- Part 1 of The Feast
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It feels like seeing him for the first time.
She does not look away. Even once Aemond turns from her, she can't stop looking.
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Helaena wakes from a dream to realize it has come true.
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- Part 3 of crisis of my faith
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“We’ll take our dragons and leave. We’ll go where they can’t find us. Run away with me Aemond.”
When he looks at her, imploring eyes that are the same shade as his own, faint colour in her cheeks, he remembers the long days of their childhood spent in each other's company. Daena and Aegon never had much patience for either of them, even then. He can’t remember when he realized he loved her, only that he always has.
There was only ever one answer to her question.
“I’d follow you anywhere.”
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Helaena never has to marry Aegon. The duty falls on the shoulders of her elder sister, Daena. However, this doesn't make things any less complicated for her and Aemond, it only binds them tighter together.
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- Part 4 of crisis of my faith
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Once upon a time, what feels like a lifetime ago, they weren’t just Helaena and Aemond. They were Aegon, Helaena, and Aemond. There was a time when two had been three, before the lingering summer of childhood came to an abrupt end and the air turned crisp with the feeling of days gone by. And neither of them can remember it, but it’s why it hurts so much more now, Aegon’s absence is everywhere. They’ll have to learn anew how to survive without him.
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The bells across King's Landing toll with mourning for Aegon Targaryen, but carefully laid plans are not so easily set aside. In the wake of a funeral, a wedding is already being planned.
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- Part 5 of crisis of my faith
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There’s a lesson in there somewhere, but she’s too tired to parse it out at the moment, sleep claws at the edges of her mind. And then, just before she lets the dream pull her under, she remembers.
These brothers of hers, well they always have been awful at sharing.
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Aemond, Helaena, and Aegon: three spokes of a lopsided star—always reaping what they sow.
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- Part 6 of crisis of my faith
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“Nothing I do matters, nothing I see can prevent what’s to come. But an heir is required and I am lacking a husband.”
Aemond squeezes her jaw. She doesn’t wince.
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A coda to the end of 'Regent'.
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- Part 7 of crisis of my faith