House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men: Chapter 523: Drakkengards

(Third Person POV)

[A Few Months Later

Maegelle walked into Drakken's chambers, "Drakken?" she called out, "Are you here?" 

Upon walking a few feet inside, she saw that Drakken was in his bed, sleeping. While this was quite rare to see, Drakken sleeping, it didn't bother Maegelle one bit. She was well aware that he was spending an awful amount of time in the sub-basement working on his projects. She also knew that lately, he has been quite tired. 

She walked up to the bed to see Vaella, Astorias, and Viktoria on the bed, latched onto their father while they were asleep. 

"Oh my." She said with a slight smile, "Now, this is a surprise." 

Vaella was to his left, hugging his side as her peaceful sleeping face was visible. Viktoria was to his right, lying on her back as his arm was wrapped around her. Astorias was on his chest, latched on completely, while her face was pressed against his. 

Maegelle couldn't help but chuckle at this, "My sweet girls...." She said as she reached for Drakken's hand, "Always eager for Drakken's love." 

As she grabbed his left hand, Vaella shifted in her sleep, her face forming a frown. Maegelle leaned in and kissed her cheek, rubbing her hair with her free hand. She looked up to see Drakken had already opened his eyes and was looking at her. 

"Oh." She said softly, "You scared me." 

"Hm...." He said

 "Have you been awake already?" Maegelle asked him

"For a few minutes." He said, "I didn't want to move. That would end up waking them up." 

"I see....." Maegelle smiled, "I don't remember the girls coming to your chambers." 

"I went to sleep slightly after midnight. They snuck in, the little rascals, and latched on right away." Drakken said as he looked at his daughters, "I don't understand their obsession with sleeping with me." 

"They love you." She told him, "Isn't that enough?" 

"Hm." Drakken said, "What did you need?" 

"Nothing." Maegelle said

Drakken looked down at her belly, seeing it had gotten bigger, "How are you feeling?" He asked, "No complications?" 

"No." Maegelle pulled away and straightened up, patting her belly, "I feel fine." 

"I see." Drakken said as Astorias shifted and pressed her cheek against his face even more, "Well...I guess I will stay here a bit longer. You will have to eat breakfast without us." 

"That is fine." Maegelle chuckled, a warm smile on her face, "Drakken....I wanted to speak to you about something." 

"What is it?" Drakken asked her

"This is the last one for me." She said softly, "I think four is good enough." 

Drakken knew what she meant. He looked at her for a few seconds, his eyes staring right at her. 

"That's fine." He said, "Four is more than enough. Thank you, however, for bearing my children." 

Maegelle blushed slightly, "R-Right....." she said softly, "I...." 

"I will go and eat something." 

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"Riktor has made progress in Tyrosh." Sylas said as he was eating from his plate, "His forces has advanced and spread out, taking more and more territory by the day." 

Mya was sitting down across from the table, "Yes." She said, "I've read the reports." 

"Do you think he's actually going to do it?" Sylas asked as he chewed on some potatoes, "He might be back soon!" 

"I hope so." Mya told him, "But we'll have to wait and see." 

Saera let out a sigh, "My precious boy hasn't written to me....." She said with a sad frown, "How can he be so cruel....? I wish to fly to Tyrosh on Dreamfyre and go find him!" 

"He can be rather cruel, can he?" Mya chuckled, "But he's busy, Princess." 

"Hm...." Saera said as she had the cup of wine in her hand, "Where's Drakken?" 

Maegelle was sitting down next to her, eating a piece of bread with some water, "In bed, with the girls. They are rather comfortable, sleeping on their Father." She said, "You should see it." 

Saera smiled, "Oh, those girls are rather spoiled." She said, "The way their Father favors them greatly." 

"Yea, one could tell." Sylas muttered

"Don't say that, my love." Mya said, "Your Father favors his sons too." 

"No, I know that." Sylas said as he took a sip of water, "But....it's obvious his daughters are more spoiled than us. But I am not complaining, though." 

"Where is Princess Viserra?" Mya asked, "I didn't see her this morning." 

"Perhaps she is still in bed." Saera said, "Our sister was acting strange, wasn't she Maegelle?" 

"She was." Maegelle said, "I wonder if she's okay." 

"She is." Sylas said, "I saw her sitting down outside with Maelor. You know how he is, always needs an audience for his music." 

"Ah." Saera said with a smile, "Of course." 

"Seems that she's getting comfortable. Finally. Even though she's lived here for years." Mya stated, "But I guess that being a servant to the Trinity and being a wife of Drakken is completely different. I am glad that it's come to this." 

Maegelle frowned, "Come to think of it." She stood up, "I have to check on the boys. Maekar has been missing all morning. He better not be in the towers again.....he almost fell last time." 

As she left, Sylas looked at Mya, "Maekar is asleep still." He said, "I already checked on him." 

"And you didn't tell her?" Mya raised her eyebrow

"Well.....I was chewing on the potatoes....." Sylas said

"Fufu~" Saera said, "My precious boy, do you have any idea how much I love you?" 

"I do." Sylas said, "You always tell me." 

Saera stood up and walked over to him, "Of course I doo~" she hugged him, "Don't ever change, okay? Always be the good boy you are" 

"Yes, I will." Sylas said as she pressed him tightly against her, "You're being too rough...." 

"My love is rough." She said as she kissed his head, "You know that already." 

"Mhm." Sylas said

Mya stood up, "Well, today will be a busy day." She said, "Right, Sylas?" 

Sylas's expression changed to a serious one, "Yes." he said, 

"I will have a busy time purging some filth."