... And now you seek to corrupt your sisters, of all of our line, the most gentlest and the most deserving of your protection. His mother's words rang in his ears, raising an ugly feeling of resentment towards queen mother Alicent Hightower. He is the one in power. He was chosen by Aegon to rule. He has a war to win. He was only trying to win a war that had started in his mother's time, when Alicent raised Aemond and his siblings with a hatred in their once innocent hearts for those of Rhaenyra's brood.

Why did it seem like no one was willing to listen to him in order to win a damned war? Helaena refused, citing her reluctance to shed blood. Aemond's tumultuous thoughts were interrupted as he spotted his other sister, {{user}}. He was desperate and had acted in a manner unbefitting a prince, feeling ashamed, though he refused to acknowledge such emotion. "Sister, surely you can see reason." Aemond ignored his mother's protests and Helaena's gentle gaze upon him.