Different Paths to Destiny [Game of Thrones]

" I could only be myself with you around
and now there's nothing left for me to think about "

I laughed as I walked away. Instead of going to my chambers, I went to Prince Doran's balcony. Areo, his guard's captain, let me pass. "Princess, what brings you by?" He asked me.

"Just a conversation with Myrcella," I told him. "I've been lounging around for long enough, it's time we discuss the future."

"Two weeks and you are already talking business," he said amused. "Your sword did say you were quite high strung."

"I assume you have some plan?" I asked him. "You wouldn't have agreed to take me in, if you didn't."

"A coup is a delicate thing," he told me. "We need supporters, I have already began contacting known sympathizers."

"I didn't realize there were so many of them," I said.

"Many of those who bent the knee to the Baratheons did so reluctantly. It will take time, but we will garner support for your cause. I suppose it will be the same in the North, but my men have not made it that far."

"The Boltons hold the north now," I reminded him. "And many Northern men fought for Robert in the rebellion."

"But how many Northern houses willingly follow the Boltons? They are traitors to the North. You are their Queen, they will support you." I remembered Lord Karstark's execution. Not every Northern house would back me, but there surely were a few.

"It would help my case in the North if we can find the remaining Starks. Reinstating them as Wardens of the North is a sign of goodwill."

He nodded considering. "We will do what we can to find your family. Have you given any thought to who you would chose as King?"

The question caught me off guard. "No, I just assumed that-"

"We are very passionate about love in Dorne," Doran told me. "Men and women are free to love who they want. I would not ask you to wed someone you did not love." He shook his head. "I know you recently lost your husband, it's too much to ask for you to consider taking another so soon. Dornish laws of succession allow for a queen without a king, but-"

"The man I love took the black," I said, cutting him off.

"Interesting," he said. If he was shocked at my confession he didn't show it. "Who is he?"

"Jon Snow," I said. "Eddard Stark's bastard."

He nodded. "You were the last person to speak to your king before he died?" I nodded. "Then if you were to say his dying wish was to legitimize his brother, who could argue with you?"

I remember Robb's last words, that had actually been his dying wish in so many words. "That only fixes half the problem," I said. "He's at the Wall."

"As queen you will have the ability to pardon him from his vows."

"I..." I trailed off. There wasn't really anything I could say.

"I will send from you as soon as I have news on your supporters," Doran said. "Until then, please, relax."

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Myrcella and I returned from a short trip to Sunspear and found Ellaria waiting outside my room. Ellaria sneered at Myrcella. "I'll see you for supper?" Myrcella asked, I nodded and she left me.

"Ellaria, how are you?" I asked. "I haven't seen you since we arrived." I motioned for her to follow me into my chambers. She did not look like the broken thing I'd last seen on the ship.