Sword Of The Morning .

Part 18

Daeron's Pov, 

A Few Day's Later. 

Feeling Rhaenys snuggle her body more against mine as I stare at the ceiling I have to hold back my sigh.  We should reach Astaphor in the morning and then our journey towards Westeros will soon follow. 

We wil sail for Dorne and then I will have to go into war....... do I think I'm ready for war? I don't know when it comes down to fighting.... yes. When it comes to leading troops and battle strategies? No probably not. 

What if I just lead thousands and thousands of good men to their deaths........ what if they gave their lives for nothing..... that I can not become this.... this king people wish to have.... that I can not lead the armies like they think I will be able to do. What if I will just ruin everyt-

"Stop thinking." Rhaenys mumbles out half asleep as she lays her head in the crook of my neck and I feel her breath on my skin. "I'm not thinking, now sleep." 

"I was until your thoughts woke me up." She counters and I roll my eyes before a grunt leaves my lips as she let's her nails dig into my abdomen. "Don't roll your eyes at me Daeron." 

"Fine I'll stop thinking now sleep.... we should arrive in the morning." I say with a shake of my head. "You should not worry about what will happen Daeron and if you will let them down." She begins as she lifts her head up and I see her looking at the side of my face while her finger moves over my jawline. 

"That's not wha-" I begin just above a whisper before she cuts me off. "Sometimes you forget that I know you Daeron, they are proud of the man you're turning into because I am proud of him." She says before leaning down and placing a soft kiss against my lips. 

"So you are proud of me." I say with a teasing smile once she pulls away and because of the light of the moon that shines into our room I see her roll her eyes at me. "If you close your eyes and sleep." She states as she makes herself comfortable again and I wrap my arms around her making a content sigh leave her lips. 

"I love you." 

"Love you too, now shut up and sleep." 

That Morning. 

Walking onto the top deck of the ship I see the city ahead of us coming closer and closer.... Ser Jorah spoke about that it's just a slave city maybe even worse than what we saw in Yunkai....... slavery is something that should not be and yet here I am planning on buying a slave army. But  I do not wish for them to be slaves anymore..... they'll be given a choice fight for me or be given the chance to leave and build a life somewhere where they wish. 

"We do not need a slave arm-" Ser Barristan begins as he walks next to me and I cut him off. "I know..... but we need fighting men.... soldiers the Unsullied are that and many more things. They will not do what has happend during the Sack of King's Landing..... can you promise me every man who chooses to follow me from Westeros will do the same? Didn't you once tell me every man can be a beast when you put a sword in it's hands." I say as I cut him off and he let's a small smile grow on his face. 

"I did not know you ever listened, your grace." 

"From time to time I did." I counter teasingly making a chuckle leave the older knights lips that I soon join him in. "The Unsullied may no be what many would wish to see invading Westeros.... but what if no one else sides with me? What if only Dorne will side on our side than I will need every man I can even if that means buying the Unsullied." I say as I place my hands on the railing while the man are getting the ship ready to dock.