A Doe In The Dargon's Den {Hotd}

003. [ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏ]

DESPITE, Katrina's hatred for this day. She was actually looking froward to it. For the court it wasn't at all a big wedding. They went down to the center and got married by the high septon of the faith. She didn't care much from religion so she never visited it much and only hung around septa's when she needed to be babysat. The bedding ceremony much to Aegon's dismay since he would be one of many to carry her there stripping her along the way. They were just followed to their bed chambers. Lord Ezra and the now lady Katrina Strauss still had to consummated the marriage knowing that their sheets would be checked. If they didn't all of Katrina's children would be called bastards. 

It was at this night were Ezra told his new wife about his plans. Katrina agreed to it. She could sleep with whomever she desired to. If the woman was to fall with child he would claim it. It was at this moment she told him that she was already with child. He chuckled at the taught of his plan working out sooner rather than later. Then again he did not mind. 

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IN THE WAKE OFF, the next few months Katrina began showing. Knowing she could not drown herself in wine as she used to. She felt lonely. Very lonely. Aegon stayed away from her for a while scared that the child might be his. He didn't care if the child looked liked him since it was already known that Baratheon genes trumped over Targaryen's. He began speaking to her when she told him the child wasn't his and that was her husband's child. Of course, he believed the child wasn't his. Although he did not believe her when she claimed it was his husbands child, yet didn't say anything against it. However he commented on her breasts' getting bigger rather than the legitimacy of her child instead. The actual father of the child, Ser Criston Cole didn't even bat an eye to her, to dense to even consider the child could have been his. He wouldn't say anything and Katrina thrived on that. If he kept his mouth shut the child would be line to inherit the Staurss's lands and riches instead of no fortune and land not a single acre of land.    

Months later she gave birth to a son, named Elijah Strauss. Carrying strong Baratheon's traits. He was her first child. Lord Ezra thanked her for a son as her father, Lord Borros congratulated her. After the birth of her son, Katrina and Ezra didn't have to share a bed anymore as the man's condition got worse. 

Katrina was sitting on a balcony with queen Alicent, who was holding her son smiling at him. He started fussing in her arms after a while, the babe was signaling that he was hungry. Her grace put the babe back into his mother's arms who had to unbutton the blouse of her dress to breastfeed to child. Queen Alicent being royalty never breastfeed her children instead the wetnurses did it. The green queen smiled at the close bond the two had wishing she had that with her own children, even if it didn't work out that way. She also didn't know about Katrina's infidelity and how the child maybe of her sworn guard who was standing by the door at this time still refusing to even look at the babe as drank from his mother. 

Alicent took the babe back into her arms cooing at him when Heleana and her septa came in. Speaking to the queen on how she'd improved on her embroidering skills. As the silver haired girl perked up with a smile she went near a potted plant picking up a caterpillar letting it trail  around her delicate hands, rambling facts on it which Katrina couldn't hear as she tried to stay away from incest them being her greatest fear. It's a reason why she stayed why from the princess. Katrina never felt any dislike to her and the same goes for the princess. The two just don't have any common interest, it didn't stop the two from thinking they were very beautiful.  

Katrina stood up taking her son from the queen's arms as she got bored of the company and plain conversations. Walking to the door she passed an upset prince Aemond whose eyes were filling with tears. The Baratheon couldn't help but to jump to conclusions that his brother was behind it as she as heard prince Aegon complain that his brother was a prick and what not. Again, for now she still has to adjust to the dragon's den figuring out of to tame every single one until she can manage to manipulate them for what she wanted.