Snow Ghost [Jaime Lannister]

Chapter XI. The Pointy End

In our tent as Jaime and I are sitting "Jaime, in first place you didn't want our child with me because you have____"

"Of course not, these three children are Cersei only, I'm just the one who fucked her... I want our child"

"I'm just wondering"

Jaime holds my hand "Of course I want dozens of children" I smile and he kisses my hand. Jaime stares at me "Ned wants to tell the king" he leaves my hands "So now, they must take you" I nod "They are not my children"

"When Tommen grows up he will just look like you"

Jaime takes a deep breath "Cersei isn't stupid she will not say something like that without a plan to wipe off Ned Stark"

I stare at Jaime "Or wipe off the king"

"Yes, send Ned to the Wall, Arya to the North and She will keep Sansa close to her. And then blood everywhere"

"I do not hate the sight of blood. But not my family"

"You watched your uncle's men being slaughtered and did nothing."

"And would again, I will not be in the middle of the war of Stark and Lannister. I am your wife and their daughter"

"When you look at me do you see a hero or the Kingslayer?"

I rest on my hand "The Golden Lion of the Lannisters"

He smiles in pride "Well. I know the one who takes everything" He reach inside a small inner pocket of his jerkin pulling out a heavy iron key placing it in my hand "The keys to the city watch's barracks payroll. The Gold Cloaks answer to the Lannister purse, not the King's council. Use this to ensure they answer to you. And this..." He press a small sealed ledger into my hand "It's a copy of the Crown's debt to the Iron Bank. Ned hasn't seen this one. Use it as a distraction."

He pulls me into a hard possessive embrace "You must go but before I leave there is one last piece of business" he kisses me and I smile "You must execute the White Stag plan today. It must get Ned out of that damn city"

I pull away reaching for a cloak "Give me an hour. I know where the rats congregate."

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In King's Landing, I find Littlefinger exactly where he was always found; in brothel reviewing ledgers with a bored look on his face. I look around feeling nervous seeing these people. Petyr rise with a sickly sweet smile when I enter "My Lady Lannister! Such an honor. You return from your honeymoon a vision.

I close the door closed "I am here on business, Baelish. You owe me."

His smile didn't waver "I owe everyone, my Lady. It is how I survive."

"You owe me for your life. If Ned Stark fully exposes the Crown's finances, the Iron Bank will collapse the entire kingdom including your little businesses. Father has the ledgers. You must get him out of the city." I place a small, embroidered pouch of Lannister gold on his desk "This is for the whisper. An exceptionally rare, mythical White Stag has been sighted in the Kingswood, near the Blackwater Rush. A prize worthy of a king's attention and only the King's own Hand would have the knowledge to track it."

Littlefinger eyes glittering "A Stag? Why, that's almost poetic. But why do this now? Lord Jaime has left the city. You need protection."

I lean in my voice low and fierce "Jaime Lannister is responding to a military threat in the Riverlands. He is performing his duty. But if Ned Stark remains in the city to whisper poison into Robert's ear, he will ruin the kingdom and exile my husband. Get the King on the road today. And if Ned is slow to leave because of his injury, remind him that it is an order from his King. You do this, and you earn not just the Lannister gold, but my absolute political protection. Do we have a deal, Petyr?"