(Talrit POV)
As we walked to find Oberyn, I was busy fighting the two sides that warred inside me. One side wanted to kill her for being the natural enemy of my kind, while the other side was interested in her for reproduction. While I was having this inner turmoil, she was speaking about her life here, which I was not listening to.
"Seems your friend is still in a meeting with the idiots here. I will give him what he wants, then we can speak on just friendly terms," Sadridna says to me as we walk inside the meeting room Oberyn was brought to.
Inside the bankers that were talking with Oberyn looked over slightly annoyed at the interruption, but upon seeing Sadridna they all stood up and bowed deeply to her. Oberyn looked behind and saw the two of us, but Sadridna caught his eyes immediately while he practically eye fucked her. The lust leaking off him, which I am not surprised by as Sadridna gives off natural arousal to have humans do her bidding almost immediately.
"Leave us, this man is a friend of a friend and we will ensure he gets what he came for," Sadridna says to the three bankers speaking with Oberyn who all stay bowed and nod their heads before leaving the room.
"Oh! You must be the one in charge of the bank! I did not know my friend knew you! Nor did he tell me the one in charge was such a beauty, as I'm sure you know I am Prince Oberyn of Dorn," Oberyn says standing up and laying on the compliments to Sadridna as he definitely wants to fuck her. Sadridna just smirks at his attitude most definitely having experienced this many times from men.
"I can see why my friend keeps you around. You are fun and show no fear when in front of someone superior to you," Sadridna says with a superior voice while looking down on Oberyn who does not care for obvious distaste in him.
"Now I understand the kind of women my friend likes, the fiery ones," Oberyn says playing on her attitude and looks, though little does he know how accurate of a statement that is about red dragons.
"Seems your friend is not showing interest in me," Sadridna says with a teasing smirk while giving me a side glance, as my inner turmoil has subsided.
'I have no interest in her, even should she be the only other true dragon in this world. I would rather die alone than betray my kind than sleep with someone who steps on the weaker and begins to gain more strength or just for fun,' I think to myself having made my decision while the two spoke.
"Then it seems my friend is celibate or lives like a eunuch," Oberyn says as he is completely infatuated by Sadridna's looks.
"Correct, I have no romantic interest in this woman. I am waiting until I find someone I determine decent enough to be my lifelong wife," I say while staring at Sadridna with a look that shows my determination on this decision.
"I am not surprised, though we all have needs that need to be taken care of. Seems I will have to find another way or person to pass the time today," Sadridna says while giving me a small glare of anger for my dismissal of her attempts at me.
"I could be of assistance to that my Lady! It is the least I could do after you helped me gain that deal for my family and I ensure you I am quite capable of making you have a good time," Oberyn says immediately offering himself.
"...Very well," Sadridna says walking back the way we came while giving me a look as if trying to make me jealous. Though my decision was final and I have no regrets, once I make any decision I will stick with it to the end as I am stubborn like that.
"Enjoy yourselves," I say turning and leaving the bank, as I feel Sadridna's eyes on my back practically burning holes into me.
"Oh and Oberyn I will be expecting you in the morning! I will meet you back here and then we can leave on our journey," I say while smiling at him and giving a subtle threat to Sadridna in case she tries to harm Oberyn to get at me, which she understands by the small smile on her face at my open threat.
"I am sure he will be in the best mood when you come to pick him up tomorrow," Sadridna says to me with the smile on her face.
"No problem! I will be ready!" Oberyn says to me while extremely excited he gets to bed this 'woman'.
As I leave the bank it seems everyone here, no looks at me with a mix of fear and respect. Seems that my time with Sadridna has made me someone important, though that is to be expected as I was on 'friendly' terms with her just now. Once I was outside the bank I began to wander the city exploring it.
Then as I got close to this large stone building in the middle of the water, with only a set of doors to enter it. It was hard to see from this distance what it was, but then I saw the doors and immediately remembered what I read about this place.
It is called 'The House of Black and White' and it sits upon a rocky knoll made of dark grey stone. With no windows and its wooden doors are twelve feet high and carved. The left door is 'weirwood', the right ebony. In the center of the doors is a carved moon face ebony on weirwood, weirwood on ebony. Its steep steps of grey stone lead down to the 'shadowed dock'.
This place is where someone can go if they are desperate enough to hire the most capable assassins in the world. From the books and rumors, the payment is very high a death for a death, which I would assume means you have to either die or pay someone else to die in your stead to have the payment fulfilled.
The rest of the city was no different than any other human city I have seen. With some parts nicer than others and many places where humans can satisfy themselves. I found a nicer inn and paid for a room for myself. They offered to find me some 'fun' that night, but now knowing what they are implying I denied them.
Then as I was reading some of the books I bought in the city, I hear someone knock on my door. Opening it I see a drunk Oberyn and he stumbles into my room collapsing on the bed without a word. I just stare at him confused, but not surprised as she denied Oberyn after I left. She might have 'needs' but I doubt she would have succumbed to sleeping with a human.
"Morning sunshine," I say with a chuckle seeing Oberyn slowly waking up and groaning from his hangover as humans call them.
"Fuck… After you left we started drinking, then once we drank enough I thought we'd get the ball rolling. Instead, she had me thrown out! I've no idea what I did wrong," Oberyn says to me while sitting across from me at the small table in the room where I already had them bring in food to break our fasts.
"Maybe you are not as 'fuckable' as you think you are," I say with a chuckle making Oberyn give me an annoyed stare.
"I am the most fuckable person alive!... Well maybe not the most, but definitely in the top five at least!" Oberyn says after thinking about it, his narcissism is very high.
"Whatever helps you sleep at night," I say with a smirk.
"Wine and fucking," Oberyn says before beginning to eat. I just sigh and shake my head.
"Ok, so who do you know her, and are you sure you prefer the company of women?! Because you just denied the most beautiful woman ever!" Oberyn says to me once we finish eating.
"Know her? I just met her yesterday, we share a common home. So we spoke about our lives and came to understand one another better. Plus as I said I am looking for a wife and not a 'quick fuck' as you say," I say to Oberyn who snorts at my response.
"Well, she was practically throwing herself at you! Though think of it like this… if you fuck women now, you will be a pro by the time you find the right one! Then you can take everything you learned and apply it to her," Oberyn says to me and I just stare at him with a deadpan look.
"Not everyone wants to be a whore," I say while standing up and leaving with Oberyn quickly following behind me.
"Hey! It's only whoring, if you get paid for it! Otherwise, it is just having fun!" Oberyn says trying to defend his sexual appetite.
"Enough talking about fucking, let us just get out of this city. I want to see ones where I do not feel the presence of… never mind," I say shaking my head and walking quickly towards one of the city gates leading to the outside world.
"We have to go to the east gate, that is where our horses and supplies are," Oberyn says to me and I nod as we start walking in that direction.
Once we get our horses and supplies, Oberyn says goodbye to his family guards and hands the captain of the guards a sealed letter for his brother. Probably a goodbye letter and information on the deal he made with the bank. Right before we went through the gates a servant ran over to us and handed me a sealed letter.
"Who's that from?" Oberyn asks me after the servant bows and takes their leave. The seal is one representing the Iron Bank, most likely from Sadridna.
'Talrit, we may have left on neutral terms and maybe you hate or dislike me because of our natural feelings towards each other. But I want you to know, I will be here should you ever change your mind. Plus the two of us together could do many things,' the letter reads and I grunt in annoyance while burning the letter in my hands.
"What the fuck! Where did the fire come from?!" Oberyn says to me and I just ride forward without answering him as my mind is on the possible great enemy I might have in the future.
"I never told you, I can use magic," I say while castings Prestidigitation making a small shower of sparks appear. Though I make sure we are a decent amount away from the city so I do not draw more attention.
"NO! You never told me!... Though that explains a lot," Oberyn says after catching up with me.
"Can you teach me?" Oberyn says to me as I give him a quick look and see he has some potential.
"I could, though it will take a long time and you will only be able to use small spells," I say to him and he nods his head while thinking.
"I mean if you don't mind teaching me, plus we have all the time in the world," Oberyn says to me and I nod my head.
"Fine, I will teach you while we are on the road. We will spend an hour in the morning going over it and an hour at night. Though no magic in the cities, plus I expect you to keep this a secret, as many people fear magic and I do not need to kill everyone who tries to kill me from fear," I say to Oberyn who nods his head immediately agreeing with me.
"You have nothing to worry about brother! I will keep your secret!" Oberyn says as we make our way to the next destination, which is the city of Norvos, southeast of Braavos.
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AN: The number of people freaking out and making all sorts of guesses about what I have planned is quite entertaining. Though some people may be more, angry in their guesses and everyone should calm down. Some of you need to learn patience and wait to see the outcome, instead of flipping out.
As for some of the questions I have been getting, here are some answers. The female lead will not be a character I come up with, for who it is, I am currently still deciding. Though I believe who I want to go with, no this is not a harem, I do not write harems.
Why does this world seem so happy-go-lucky, Game of Thrones is a brutal place. Correct GOT is a brutal world, where people kill each other over the smallest of things. Though as I said in the auxiliary chapter, this is mostly from Talrit's point of view. If he has not experienced something or knows something, neither will you read about it.
These are just some things I wanted to address, as everyone who keeps giving me support and constructive criticism. I appreciate you and thank you for the encouragement, along with the help.