#it was the added blow of the fact it WAS an act of kinslaying that took luke from her | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

halfyearsqueen · 2 months

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the way " she was my only daughter and they killed her. they stole my crown and murdered my daughter and they shall answer for it, " was spoken at visenya's funeral. the way she was in so much physical pain that she needed milk of the poppy to blunt the edge of it. the way she was in labour for three days knowing something had gone terribly wrong, and she still wasn’t coming yet. the way she rested for the night, and then there was her funeral, and council, and then her coronation. and more councils. the way she sat in council for the three days post sending luke off to storm’s end wholly unaware he was dead already

#child death /#infant death /#miscarriage ment tw /#the way the idea of justice for her daughter - for her little girl #was the only thing that allowed her to muster up the strength at all to keep fighting #in the face of all of that grief and pain and loss and fears that maybe fighting for her throne was useless #the notion she could somehow avenge the loss of her baby girl #gave her the strength of will to get up.#to get up and attend council and do what she needed to do to fight for what was hers #but when she learns of luke she ? collapses #like it was the repeated shocks of having the deaths of her loved ones reach her belatedly #it was the loss of two children in a row #it was the added blow of the fact it WAS an act of kinslaying that took luke from her #like what drives her so wholly to the brink of madness is the fact it’s been days #and she didn’t know. HOW did she not know he was gone ? shouldn’t she have been able to feel it ?

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