WILOW-Ch.416: Sand Snakes
Water Gardens
POV of Domeric Bolton
That evening, during the feast held in Domeric's name…
"Lord Bolton. Please taste this cuisine of Dorne. I'm sure you'll like it." Princess Arianne Martell said seductively as she pressed his left arm between her breasts and tried to feed him… something.
She was good at the whole seduction thing. She was very good at it.
The only reason why Domeric did not have a tent in his breeches was because of his rather liberal use of Occlumency and because, in his heart, he knew that he would never cheat on Ygritte even if the girl seducing him were the Princess of a Kingdom.
"Thank you, Princess Arianne." He said courteously and ate the cuisine, which seemed to be some meat filled with spices and sprinkled with lemon.
It tasted good.
"Call me Arianne." She whispered in his ear and trailed a finger down his chest, "After what you've done for us, you deserve that much." She finished by putting her hand on his crotch, a slight frown coming to her face as she realized that he was not as hard as she thought.
"Lord Bolton. Is it true that you defeated the Kingslayer in a duel and won the Lion's Claw?" Obara Sand asked him from his right side.
He nodded, "I did."
"To defeat the Kingslayer in a duel. You must be a formidable warrior then." Obara Sand said as she too leaned into him and tried to seduce him.
She was not as good as Princess Arianne, but her clumsy attempts were cute in their own way, and she was quite beautiful, and there was no denying that.
Meanwhile, he looked at Doran Martell and was not surprised when Doran pretended to be very interested in his own meal and sought to ignore him.
He was sure that the older man was definitely enjoying this. Or he at least found this entertaining as he made no move to stop… whatever this was.
"Not really." He shook his head and didn't elaborate on it.
"What do you mean?" Obara Sand asked.
"Lord Bolton." Another girl said, "Would you allow us to fly on your wyverns. Please?"
"Sarella, right?" he asked, ignoring Obara's question. The girl nodded, and he smiled.
"Sure. We can do that tomorrow."
The girls squealed at that, and he felt the urge to close his ears and be anywhere other than here.
While he enjoyed the company of a beautiful woman just as much as any other man, this was a bit too much.
"How about having a bout with us?" Nymeria Sand asked, "My sisters and I would love to spar with a warrior as formidable as you."
"I, too, would love to spar with you," Arianne whispered as she put his left hand above her thigh quite close to her hot core.
Merlin, the girl was aroused. Like, really, really aroused. Why the fuck was she even aroused when all he'd done so far was ignore her advances?
"Sure." He said to the other Sand Snakes while he politely took his hand away from Arianne's thigh, even as she tried her best to cling to him, "We can do that tomorrow morning."
"Lord Bolton, can you tell us about the expeditions North of the Wall?" Sarella Sand said, "I would love to learn how you met the Wargs and the Giants."
"Sarella, can you not bore our esteemed guest with your questions?" Arianne said with a frown.
A short legilimency probe proved that she was getting irritated at making no headway in seducing him.
Considering that the only reason she was trying to seduce him was that she thought that she could use his power, wealth, and influence to become the ruler of Dorne, he decided to continue to ignore her advances.
"On the contrary, the giants, wargs, direwolves, and wyverns compose the core of my army along with my highly trained troops. They are the main reason why I was able to defeat the Lannisters time and time again despite being outnumbered every single time." He said and smiled at Sarella, "So feel free to question me about them. I would not be bored."
Sarella beamed a smile while the Princess scowled before she quickly hid the scowl under a smile.
Yeah. He definitely did not like the Princess all that much.
For the rest of the dinner, he continued to answer various questions from the ever-curious Sarella and the other Sand snakes. At the same time, Arianne butted in now and then and continued her futile attempts at seducing him.
Even Trystane, the young boy, asked him a few questions now and then.
He could see that Trystane was interested in talking with him as well, but was a bit intimidated by the girls who had surrounded him as soon as he arrived at the dinner table.
But the person he really wanted to talk to hadn't spoken to him at all during the meal.
He could see that she was watching him intently, as if trying to understand something. Yet, instead of speaking, she ate her meal in silence.
Tyene Sand.
Domeric had seen several versions of Tyene Sand when he viewed the Destiny Lines of this world's alternatives. In some, she had black hair, like other Sand Snakes.
But not in this world. In this world, Tyene Sand was a beauty with golden blonde hair and dark blue eyes.
But it wasn't her beauty that interested Domeric. It was her true identity.
Luna Lovegood.
Domeric had this information for some time. He learned of it after sending his spies to investigate, upon seeing a dragon dream about Dorne.
It took some time, but his spies eventually learned that Tyene Sand had poisoned herself during a poison-making process in her childhood, nearly dying, and that after waking up, she had lost her memories of the past and occasionally used strange expressions.
After obtaining this information, Domeric was almost sure that Tyene Sand was Luna. However, he hadn't chosen to go to her immediately.
At that time, Westeros was heading towards a civil war, and King Robert's death was approaching. And if he were to meet with Luna and make contact with her, there was a high probability that Hermione would find herself in the midst of a war-torn Westeros.
He didn't want to put Hermione in such a dangerous situation.
In contrast, Dorne's situation was much more stable and secure. Luna could wait here safely.
Therefore, Domeric had postponed meeting with Luna until the situation in Westeros had stabilized.
And the time had come.
One of the main reasons Domeric came to Dorne was to meet with Luna.
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