The King's Chambers

[The Smith]

Daemon nodded, "Of course." He smiled, "I look forward to it."

[Marie]

She smiled and stroked his face.

"I'm sorry I was angry with you, but it's harder to accept the fact of your being with other women that I had at first supposed."

[The Smith]

Daemon smiled at her, "I understand, and I hope some day you will as well."

[Marie]

Joanna shrugged.

"Let's not think about that now. Do you still want Morgan or have you lost interest in her entirely now, because she is not a dragon?"

[The Smith]

"She is my wife, and it would hurt me politically to abandon or kill her. She is beautiful, but right now she does not want me, and I will not rape her when there are more willing women." Daemon said.

[Marie]

"It must hurt her to be shut away, though. Should you not ask Morgan if she wants to remain married?"

[The Smith]

"She has no choice. We can no divorce, I have already cause enough controversy." Daemon replied.

[Marie]

"Then is there nothing you can do to cheer her a little? The peopple will not love me so long as Morgan is visibly miserable," Joanna pointed out, and kissed him again, this time on the mouth. "You do want me to be loved, don't you?"

[The Smith]

"I love you. And right now the only love I think I have is yours. As a Queen, and a King you must accept that the masses, and the lords, and the church will all hate you. I do not care if the world entire hates me as long as I have all four... I mean five of the dragons' love." Daemon replied with a confident smile.

[Marie]

"You know all the dragons love you," Joanna murmured. |"But you must understand, Daemon, that your situation is different to mine. You are the anointed king, our mother's successor under the law. I am your bride of incest, your sister and the woman who stands between you and Morgan. I must be loved by the people else I am the one who will get the blame any time anything goes wrong. They'll say we cursed the realm with our marriage, or that I cursed your marriage to Morgan. I don't want that. I only want...I want us all to be happy."

[The Smith]

Daemon sighed, "I will do what I can to make them love you, but I should not expect it. They are superstitious fools. Dragons ignite their own fates."

[Marie]

"I know, but I am not comfortable being the most hated woman in the realm."

[The Smith]

Daemon sighed, and kissed her, "We will see what we can do."

[Marie]

She kissed him back.

"Thank you. Are you planning to move the court any time soon?"

[The Smith]

"I was. I had not decided where though." The King answered.