( It doesn't feel real until Helaena curtsies to him and then he realizes that even this relationship, this secret and cherished relationship, will change too. It has already changed. In the matter of one breath to the next he has changed from brother to king and there is a gulf between them that will never be spanned again.

He doesn't want that. He wants what they had before Mother sent her away from him. Aemond hadn't been good enough for Helaena, too dangerous for her more likely considering he's a confirmed kinslayer once and there are rumors about Aegon even if his mother and father had tried to quell them all. He motions his hand impatiently. )

Not that. Not from you. In public, yes, but not when we're alone. We're the same, Helaena. We're no different than before.