House of The Dragon-A God Amongst Men

(Third Person POV)

"This is unacceptable!!!!" Saera bellowed as she paced back and forth, "I want her head!! Now!! Not just her!! I want all of House Penrose to be executed for this!!!" 

She was in Maegelle's chambers, where everyone else was gathered. Riktor was sitting down on the couch next to Sylas, and they were both looking down. He wasn't saying anything, still a bit confused about the whole thing. Vaella and Astorias were sitting on the floor atop a blanket, looking over at Saera, who was shouting. 

Maegelle looked at her, "Sister, calm down....." She said softly as she was sitting down a chair, "I understand that you are angry. But the girls are being startled by the yelling." 

"Calm down???" Saera said with a scowl, "Maegelle, how could I calm down?! Our son...!! Yours too!! That stupid wench!! She laid her hands on him in that manner!!" 

Maegelle nodded, "I know." She said before gulping, "I know.....it.....it is painful to even think about....considering what we know about Drakken...but....we need to stay calm." 

"Fuck staying calm!!" Saera shouted, her face going red with anger, "Nobody lays a hand on my Riktor and gets away with it!! NOBODY!!!" 

Maegelle sighed, "I...." She said softly before looking at Riktor, "Riktor, are you okay? Come here, my dear...." 

Riktor stood up and slowly walked over to her, "Yes...." 

Maegelle grabbed his hand, "Nobody is going to hurt you." She said softly as a tear formed in her eye, "You have my word...." 

"I will take Dreamfyre and I will fly to Parchments and I will burn it to the ground!!" Saera said, seething with rage, "They will all burn! All of them!!" 

Sylas looked at her, "Mama..." 

"I will not have this...." Saera stopped and clenched her fists, "I will not have it!!!" 

The Princess grabbed a vase and in a fit of rage, she was about to throw it at the wall when she was stopped by Drakken, who grabbed her hand. He had teleported inside the room along with Mya, who immediately rushed over to Riktor.

"Such anger." He said seriously, "I like that." 

Saera looked at him, "You...." She said, "You dare do nothing?" 

"Nothing?" Drakken raised his eyebrow, "Who says I did nothing?" 

"Where is that whore's head? Hm?" Saera asked as she pried herself off, "And her fat bastard of a father???" 

"Don't be mistaken." Drakken said seriously, "They will get what they deserve." 

"I want blood." Saera said seriously, "I want heads to roll, I want flesh to burn, I wan-" 

"You'll get exactly that." Drakken said seriously, "In fact, I will personally take you to their seat and we will butcher them completely. Their walls will be stained red, their screams will haunt the nights for years to come...is that what you want to hear???" 

"You know damn well...." Saera said, "That is exactly what I want....." 

"We have the wench and her father." Mya said as she crouched down and hugged Riktor, "That is all I care about." 

"We're getting ahead of ourselves, Drakken." Maegelle stood up, "If you have both Lord Penrose and his daughter.....that should suffice. Innocent lives should not be taken for their actions....." 

"Who says they're so innocent?" Drakken asked as he looked at her, "Are you sure of that, Maegelle?" 

"We cannot just jump to conclusions...." Maegelle said

"She tried to rape your son." Drakken said, "What in the fuck are you saying? Don't you feel-" 

"Of course I am angry!!" Maegelle shouted, which startled the children, including Riktor, "But if you're going to shed blood, shed the blood of the guilty!! Innocent people don't have to die!" 

Drakken turned around slowly, "And what message would that send?" He asked seriously, "I can allow anyone to touch my children so long as I will only punish the person who did it? Hm? No. I won't have that. They have to learn, through fear of death.....fear of war." 

"Drakken...." Maegelle closed her eyes, "Y-You know that I hate it too....." 

Drakken walked up to her, "What if they do it to Sylas? Hm?" He asked, "Vaella? Astorias? What the fuck do you think I will do should that be the case? Huh?!" 

"I...." Maegelle said softly as she looked at him, "I am saying.....that you can do what you want to.....with them....but leave innocent people out of it.....that.....that is all I am saying....." 

"My Maegelle...." Drakken said as he slowly shook his head, "You are still too kind.....for your own good....Why? Why do you care for them so fucking much?! All of these fucking humans?! Huh?! That is what I want to know! For years since knowing you, you have fought so much to keep them from dying, and even now you do the same!! Your son was touched, he was going to be defiled, and you want to protect them?!" 

"W-We're human too...." Maegelle said, her voice was so soft that she could barely be heard, "Not everyone is like you..." 

"Is that what you think?" Drakken asked, "You, who bears the dragon's blood, you dare compare yourself to the likes of them? These filthy humans who won't think twice about hurting those precious to us. They aren't our followers, Maegelle, they don't know the Fear....the Truth of the Trinity. They don't know that if they touch what is mine, they will die!! All of those lives in Parchments and around it will-" 

"She's right, Father." Riktor cut him off

Drakken looked at him, "What?" 

Riktor was looking down, "Innocent people shouldn't die because of me." 

"Because of you?" Drakken raised his eyebrow, "Boy, this is not your fault. This is that-" 

"She didn't defile me." Riktor cut him off again, "So it should be fine to spare the people." 

"S-Spare the people?" Drakken scoffed, "Are you fucking serious?" 

Riktor looked at him, "You can do what you want with those two." He said, "I don't care. But innocents should not die because of my weakness, my failure." 

"Failure?" Drakken asked

"I walked into that room...." Riktor looked down, "I-" 

"No!" Saera cut him off, "Don't you dare blame yourself, this is not your fault." 

Drakken stared at him for a couple of seconds. In those brief seconds, he saw himself in his own son. Something about the situation reminded him of the incident that happened in his childhood. 

And that boiled his blood. 

He looked at Maegelle, "Spare the innocents?" 

Maegelle looked down, "It is.....only....right...." 

"Right?" Drakken said, "Tch....right, she says..." 

"I'm sorry...." Maegelle sniffed as she wiped tears away, "I.....I am sorry that I am not as heartless as you....." 

Drakken turned around, "She's getting tortured." He said seriously, "As well as her father. And when they're both broken, I will give them a painful death. That is their punishment..." 

"Fine...." Maegelle looked down

"Say your goodbyes to your Family." He said as he began to walk away, 

"We leave tomorrow."