Chapter 9.2- The Seadragon's Roar

“Yield?” I asked, doing my best to enjoy every second of this. Of course, that was just when he suddenly moved and I had to move my blade to avoid shortening him by a head as he began to retch unto the deck.

“Tell him he’s cleaning that up himself” Corlys shouted from his position at the wheel and I sighed. Of course, that meant that as his squire I was going to end up having to do the cleaning. The smile on my father’s face told me that he had a pretty good idea about that. Ugh.

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“Contact” One deck hand shouted, hand on one of the fareyes.

“Where?” Corlys asked, picking up his own far-eye and beginning to scout.

Several others on the command deck began to pick up the scouting devices and look into the distance.

“East Seventeen clicks.”

“North: twenty clicks”

“South: fourteen clicks”

“West: twenty-five clicks” A final voice said.

“Fuck” I said.

“We’re surrounded. Corlys said the words on my mind.”

“What do we do Captain?” One of the men asked.

“Get a row boat for my son to get to his dragon. Laenor, I want you in the air. Burn anything that even thinks of trying to attack us.”

“But what are you going to do?” I asked, feeling the panic of the crew begin to seep in me. If we were surrounded, then what had happened to the fleet we were supposed to be meeting. They couldn’t have been far from here. He said something, but I struggled to hear him over the sound of my heart beating. Was I having a panic attack?

A harsh slap. I looked back at my father, shocked that he had hit me.

“You are Laenor Velaryon, son of Corlys Velaryon and Rhaenys Targaryen. There is no fear within you.” He said, and I nodded. Not still following fully.

“Now listen to me. We’ve been betrayed. Someone has given our plan away. That means that you should forget everything you know about our plans. We are going to turn this trap around and then we figure out our plan after that” He said. I nodded, this time I felt more stable. Like the ground was not swaying beneath my feet.

He turned away from me then. “Signal the rest of the fleet. Full speed ahead. We face the North bound enemies first and force the other three to come together and approach us from behind. Laenor, when you determine that they are too committed to withdraw, unleash the wrath of House Velaryon upon them” He said and then squeezed my shoulder twice. I nodded, following the men that ushered me to the rowboat even as I felt the ship begin to accelerate beneath my feet.

Off to the side, I caught a glimpse of Borros holding a bucket like a lifetime before I was placed in the boat and it began to be lowered down to the sea.