The Eyrie

Having spent the better part of the day flying above the Vale and admiring its mountains, Daenerys approached the impregnable castle on Mith. She had given Ser Edmyn, Taena and their other companions time to ascend via the goat trail. The great red beast landed in the courtyard rather gracefully for his size, and a few moments later, Dany hopped off from the saddle.

Dany had been looking up at the towers and was a little surprised by Edmyn's sudden appearance. The smile on her lips grew wider when she saw him. "It is wonderful! I thought it looked beautiful from above, but it is even nicer up close," she said delightfully, now eyeing the sky cells. "It must be nice, calling this place your home."

"It is," he agreed. "I'm very lucky, Have you flown all around yet? I know that's what I'd do, if I had a dragon."

As if on cue, they saw Victory fly past them and head towards the great white towers, the blue dragon's scales gleaming in the sunlight.

"I'm sure they won't. The dragons won't be inside the castle, after all. I had better go tell them, though they may have seen them from the windows already. Would you like a tour of the castle, Lady Daenerys." He offered.

"Oh yes. I will tell the servants to make the arrangements and we can be touring the castle while the food is prepared."

Soon a servant had been notified and They were standing in the High Hall with the Gates of the Moon straight ahead. The wind whistled against the two big doors. "This room is beautiful, I think," Edmyn remarked. "Though many visitors are unnerved by the Moon Door. We shall not open it. On a bad day, the winds can be treacherous." He blushed, fearing he was babbling.

His eyes betrayed his surprise but he made no attempt to pull away. He looked into her eyes as he said, very quitely "Many great deeds have been done in this hall. Honoured guests have been received here, lords and their kin have been married here, and heirs to the Vale presented to their future bannerlords. We've also seen trials and executions. Sometimes I think my ancestors look down upon us here and judge our deeds for good or ill. But I think they would smile on you, Daenerys." He grinned.

"Why shouldn't they?" He asked. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. "I think they'd like this even better." His mouth descended to hers, he kissed her hotly and pressed her lightly against one of the tall pillars that shored up the ceiling.

Fortunately they remained undisturbed. Edmyn smiled tenderly at her. "Wel. I hope you did not mind my impetuous nature. I've wanted to do that since we first met."

"No.." replied Dany, smirking. "I wish you would have done it sooner."

Dany, who had been toying with the knight's hair, now gave him a reassuring smile. She did not feel like adding anything since everything he had said had been true. "And is there anything you would like to tell me?"

"And I would love to stay here with you," she admitted. "But I could never just abandon Driftmark. With Mith, though.. I think it could work."

She was silent for a while, and untangled herself from him in order to take his hands in hers, all the while not breaking their eye contact. "Then marry me," she said quietly, a little scared that his reply would not be what she wanted to hear.