ㅤㅤㅤ⎯⎯𝔄𝄒 𝖫𝖨 ﹙𐫔𐫓𐫀𐫉 ﹚ㅤ𝖢𝖤𝖭𝖳ㅤ𓋈꯭▘▂

The night watch had passed with an almost suspicious quiet. Too quiet.

You had stood before the doors to Alicent’s chambers for hours, your back straight and one hand resting near the hilt of your sword.

No one had entered; no one had left. And precisely for that reason, a sense of unease began to creep over you—at first merely a feeling, but then came a sound.

A dull thud from within.
You frowned.

— ¿My Queen?
No answer. You waited a few seconds.

Another sound—clearer this time.
Your hand tightened around the hilt.

— ¿Lady Alicent?
Silence.

You didn't like the feel of it, so you decided to push open the doors.

You ventured just a few steps inside, then heard the unmistakable sound of water.
You stopped dead in your tracks.

On the other side of a wooden and fabric partition, Alicent’s silhouette was barely discernible amidst the steam.

There was absolute silence.

The kind of silence that could make a person spontaneously wish they had been killed by a dragon five seconds earlier.

Alicent was the first to speak.
— . . . ¿What are you doing?