House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men-Chapter 290: Chaos In The Night

(Third Person POV)

"What is all this commotion in the city?" Jaehaerys said as he walked out of his chambers, "I can hear the screams all the way up here!"

A guard rushed over to him, "Your Grace!" He exclaimed, "There is a madman cutting down Knights all over the streets!! Apparently, Septon Barth confronted some Trinity worshippers and chaos broke loose!"

The King scowled, "What?!" He said, "Is it Drakken?!"

It was nearly half an hour after the incident in the Street of Silk. Drakken resurrecting a figure of the Targaryens’ past was not something that they were aware of, nor was it something they would expect. The former King of Westeros was currently on a rampage, cutting down several Knights who would get in his way.

This was happening and the Targaryens were none the wiser.

As he said this, another guard rushed over, "Your Grace, Drakken has been spotted inside the Red Keep!!" He exclaimed, "We tried stopping him but he simply ignored us and flung us away!!"

Jaehaerys began to rub his temples, "Curses...!" He exclaimed, "A madman in the city streets and he is in here.....what in the hells is he plotting?!"

"What do we do?" a Guard asked

"Send Ryam to the City, stop this Madman." Jaehaerys said, "Wake Baelon up, tell him to go too! I’ll go and see where Drakken is. Where did he go?!"

"We don’t know." The Guard said

Jaehaerys walked past him, "This is getting frustrating." He said, "Of all times, he chooses now....."

He made his way down the hallway and after a few minutes of traversing the Red Keep, Jaehaerys reached the stairs that led to the lower level, seeing that Aemon was already on the lower floor. He was barely putting on a shirt, holding his sword in his hand.

"Father!" Aemon looked up, "I’ve heard what is happening!"

Jaehaerys nodded as he walked down the stairs, "Have guards posted outside your Mother and your wife’s chambers." He said, "We’re going to deal with this. Even if it is hopeless to fight, we’ll do something about it."

"Right...." Aemon said as he walked alongside Jaehaerys, "I’ve already sent guards to keep them safe, I was told Drakken is nearby.....he doesn’t seem to be hostile, he simply ignored everyone."

"There is a madman in the city who is not him?" Jaehaerys said, "Just what is he doing?"

"Drakken....!"

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"Just what do you think you are doing?!" Jaehaerys exclaimed as both he and Aemon stood in front of the doorway of the chambers, they found Drakken, "Explain yourself!!!"

Aemon had his hand on his sword, a serious scowl on his face, "Drakken...."

Drakken was crouched down, on the far end of the room, holding what looked like an urn in his hands. He had scooped up a handful of ash in his hand, a slight smirk on his face.

"Hm, I figured you’d leave her in the Sept." Drakken said as he looked at the ash falling from his hand and back to the urn, "Can’t blame you. Your Gods took her away from you, didn’t they? So young.....this one...."

Aemon frowned, "W-What are you talking abou-"

"No." Jaehaerys’s face went pale, "Leave that there!!!"

Drakken straightened up and closed the lid, "No."

"Drakken....." Jaehaerys took a step forward, "A-Are you still angry?!"

"What do you think?" Drakken asked, "Do you really think that I will forget? That I will simply forget what you’ve done to me?"

"You’ve done worse...." Jaehaerys said, "You are not innocent."

"Well, I never claimed I was." Drakken said, "Consider this a blood feud, Jaehaerys. I hate you, there’s no doubt. And I will do anything to make you suffer. I have two of your daughters, I’ve had this one’s wife, his current one, that is. And I might consider taking the other two when they come of age."

Aemon scowled, "Y-You...!"

Jaehaerys looked at Aemon, "What is he talking about?" He asked Aemon, "Aemon!" novelbuddy.cσ๓

"N-Nothing...." Aemon said

Drakken raised the urn, "This?" He said, "How much pain would you feel if I brought her back and raised her as my own. Wouldn’t that be something terrible to you, King Jaehaerys Targaryen? Oh, Maegelle would be so against it once I bring her back. But what would she have me do? Undo the Rebirth and watch her die again? No, she would not do that."

"Drakken!" The King shouted, "Enough of this! We should stop this ceaseless fighting! I’ve sent Aemon to call forth a meeting to discuss peace between our families!! You have two of my daughters as your wives, that should more than enough to barter an alliance between our Houses!!"

"Yea....." Drakken said, "That is true.....but, there is two issues. One, you are not part of the Trinity...I mean, that will always be a problem. And two, you two took something away from me."

"Drakken...." Aemon said, "We already told you, Daranne was not-"

Aemon suddenly collapsed to the ground, Drakken’s Telekinesis forcing him down.

"Don’t say her name." Drakken said with a vicious tone, "You don’t deserve to utter her name."

"Enough of this...." Aemon managed, "You’ve brought back Jocelyn, is that not enough to torment us?!"

"Of course not." Drakken smirked, "This is just the beginning. Jocelyn was the first step.....and that one in the city is the second. Daenerys here is the third.....and perhaps the final one. But who knows...Say, Jaehaerys, you would like her back, wouldn’t you?"

"W-what?" Jaehaerys said, "What do you mean?"

"Your Daughter, you would want her back right?" Drakken said as he opened the lid again, "To see your little girl once more....and not as a Ghost....as an actual warm and living being....you’d want that, right? But what does it matter? You would treat her as a bargaining chip just as you did your other daughters. So....I’ll go ahead and skip us the trouble and just keep her, haha...."

Jaehaerys glared at him, "Don’t you dare-"

Drakken appeared behind him, "Shut up." He said, "Good luck dealing with Maegor."

The moment he said that, both he and Aemon widened his eyes in shock.

"W-what?!" Aemon exclaimed, "What did you say?!"

Drakken walked out of the room, "You heard me, buddy." He said with a smirk, "Good luck. I’ll come get him after he’s burnt out."

Jaehaerys looked back at him, "What did you do?!" He exclaimed, "Drakken!!!"

"What in the hells did you do?!"