all shall be well (a prayer is a spell) - 2/?
A mysterious healer saves Laena's life during childbirth, and soon agrees to examine the ailing King at the behest of Rhaenys and Rhaenyra. When it's discovered that he's being poisoned, Rhaenys finds herself relying on the aid of a woman as cryptic as she is charming, and who seems to know far too much about their dragons.
Or, Flemeth just wanted to meet some fellow dragons. Now she's caught up in a plot to destroy them as well as their riders, and while she cares little for kings and crowns, she does rather like the rider of the Red Queen. If she's stuck in King's Landing, she might as well have a little fun.
With all the preparations that need to be made for their departure, and with such short notice, Rhaenys doesn't have a chance to converse properly with Flemeth until it's almost time for them to leave.
She does see the woman at the morning meal, this time seated beside Laena. Rhaenys watches from across the table as Flemeth prepares a tea, a pleasant smelling herbal brew that she doesn't recognise. Instead of drinking it herself, Flemeth passes it to Laena, and her daughter closes her eyes in bliss as she takes the first sip.
'A fortifying brew'. Flemeth answers the question on the tip of Rhaenys' tongue before she can ask it. 'It aids the body in recovery after childbirth'.
Laena smiles at Rhaenys in a reassuring way, as if she thinks her mother might be concerned the tea is not what it seems. After her conversation with Corlys the previous night, Rhaenys does suspect there's a little more than simple herbs in the brew, but she's not concerned by it. Laena is whole and healthy, far more than any woman should be so soon after giving birth, and that can only be a good thing.
Rhaenyra leans closer to Laena to inhale the tea's aroma, their shoulders resting together with an ease that makes Rhaenys smile. 'It certainly smells better than the foul concoctions the maesters gave me'.
Flemeth makes a disgusted sound. 'Men are so quick to dismiss such things when it does not pertain to their own comfort. If it did, I don't doubt they would have invented tonics as sweet as wine'.
Rhaenys finds she rather agrees with Corlys. It will certainly be interesting to see how the Red Keep fares with Flemeth's presence.
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