a targaryen alone in the world was a terrible thing, whispered in an ancient riddle as if to diminish every stride that the stormborn had walked. as bitter as the words were, they held some semblance still ––– a twisted form of truth that daenerys had endured. lilacs had seen her brother descent into madness, all because they had been thrust into a life of cruelty and fear. though this queen who wore her name like a true targaryen would not let the words of small minded men reduce her to ash, for she had been born amidst salt and smoke on the night she lit a pyre and hatched those three eggs. silence holds her CAPTIVE then, watching the breeze sit atop of the sea and send the stark direwolf into a dance that only dragons knew.
digits graze against the stone ––– colder than snow, as frostbitten as winter. she had been carved for warmth and flames, fire and blood. daenerys stormborn had been a prisoner of war for as long as she had lived, desperately attempting to survive such travesty bestowed upon her from birth. lacerations of lilac had made themselves a home against porcelain, scars that would kiss silk for as long as she walked westeros. bruises still burned beneath the surface, clouds of violet and emerald forming beneath her skin, as though she had only been struck yesterday. pain was a friend that she had found in her time of need, when the world fell silent and there was no noise save for her sobs and pleads, that she would endure and live on.
irises tremble in the darkness, with nothing but moonlight to sets strands of silver aflame. she watches him from the corner of her eyes, somewhat afraid to cast the weight of her gaze upon him and yet, her body deceives her by turning to face him ... longing to find that connection that lacked within the souls of the hundreds of other lives she had stumbled upon. ❝ ––– it is not. ❞ words are a whisper, carried by the wind until they make their target of the stark boy who stands before her, only he is no longer a boy, in the way that she is no longer a girl. daenerys had left her own GHOST within the dothraki sea, slipping between fragile fingertips, akin to the way that grains of sand did.
❝ you do not ever truly learn to live with those things ... ❞ footfalls carry her a step closer, digits desperate to reach out and find the warmth within his own winter palms, though the urge is fought. she is a master of warfare now, shown in the way that braids adorn her crown, each one a reminder of the victories she has claimed. somewhere in the distance, the cry of a dragon reverberates through her home, their song causing the castle to shudder for the briefest of moments. condensation escapes her lips, like smoke erupting from one of her children and its unwavering cloud is enough to remind her of everything she has ever lost. ❝ ... they gradually make their home in the back of your mind, growing silent until you can no longer hear their begging to stay. ❞
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