You Signed Up for This / Jaime Lannister (2.1)

38. Threaten a Wolf

'Perhaps he trusts his little brother to defend him right up until the moment he slits my throat!' Daenerys threatened.

"It won't be him." Rieka murmured. Tyrion grabbed her hand trying to silence her. Rieka's gaze shifted to him. "Jaime didnt threaten her and before he was following orders." Tyrion understood her need to protect Jaime, he was her husband, the father of her children... her child. Leona was his and yet he got to be uncle TT. 

'We cannot trust him he attacked me my father in the streets and he-' sansa began.

'If you want me to apologize, I won't.' Jaime told them.

'Jaime!" Rieka demanded from her seat. "Not the time for your inflated ego.' She muttered. Jaime smirked back at her. 

''we were at war, everything I did, I did for my house and my family and I would do it all again.' He informed them. Rieka gave him a pointed look. "I didnt kill him." Jaime reminded her. 

"You were an ass back then." Rieka agreed. "But he has changed. My mother stole Tyrion, it was... a lot to handle and Jaime didnt handle it well." Rieka thought of Jory, she had known him since she was a child and he died that day too. 

''The things we do for love' Bran said and Jaime looked to him. The boy knew what he had done.  Jaime had paled just slightly it seemed like Bran's words muted Jaime.

"What's that about?" Rieka whispered. 

''So why have you abandoned your house and family now?' Daenerys questioned

'I didnt." Jaime corrected. "My family is here, my family is Stark. I married Rieka and we have two children, another on the way. Rieka wanted to come home to help her family, be with her family... whether they like me or not, I am family to them too." Jaime remarked. "Besides this goes beyond loyalty, this is about survival.' Jaime told her. 

"See, a good man, dont make my children lose their father." Rieka demanded. "She is not in charge, we are." Rieka whispered to Bran. "Why are we even entertaining this woman?" 

"Patience." Bran begged.

"I want her dead more than Jaime does probably." Rieka mumbled. Brienne of tarth suddenly stood up, catching everyones attention.

'you do not know me well your Grace,' she approached 'but I know ser Jaime he is a man of honor I was his captor once but when we were both taken prisoner and the men tried to force themselves upon me ser Jaime defended me and he lost his hand because of it. without him my lady you would not be alive,' she turned to sansa. 'he armed me, an armored me and sent me to find you and bring you home because he had sworn an oath to your mother.' she told Sansa.

"See, a good guy." Rieka agreed. She recalled meeting jaime when he got back and seeing his golden hand. 

~

''Ser jaime." Rieka had remarked.

"Ahh sister." Jaime mused. "Tyrion is a lucky man."

"He is. Remind him for me." Rieka teased.

"Im sorry about Robb."

"Are you?" Rieka countered.

"He was your brother." Jaime remarked. "Im not a bad guy."

"Cersei speaks highly of you," rieka agreed.

"Cersei hates me." Jaime grumbled.

"You lost a hand. Saving a damsel?"

"Something like that." Jaime agreed.

"Cersei is mad that you were not here when she needed you,"

"I was trying to get back to her!" Jaime declared. Rieka raised her hands in surrender.

"I know that and I reminded her that she spent moons missing you... not to push you away but you know cersei better than I. Who is to say she listens?" Rieka pondered. Jaime took a step back seeing her wolf. "You meet Grey wind at robbs camps?"

"I did. Less friendly more fangs." Jaime agreed.

"Avalon say hello." Rieka suggested nodding to jaime he took another stiff step back. Avalon came up to him sniffing his leg before moving back to Riekas side.

"Cersei let you keep her?"

"Yes. You might be surprised to find out that cersei and I are friends."

"That does surprise me. Cersei doesnt have friends." Jaime corrected.

"She has me."

~

'You vouch for him?' sansa questioned pulling Rieka back to the present. 

'I do' Brienne told her

'You would fight beside him?'

'I would.' Brienne said with all the certainty in the world.

"I like you, Brienne." Rieka decided. 

''I trust you with my life,' sansa told her, 'if you trust him with her yours then he should stay.' Sansa told them.

"Great, now stop treating him like a prisoner." Rieka demanded. 

"Let daddy go!" Leona demanded and Jaime smiled back at her. "Hi daddy, mama's trying." Leona answered. 

"I know baby." Jaime agreed.  Daenerys was not happy about this though she was the queen she should be making these decisions

'What does the warden of the North think about this?' she asked Jon slightly bitter as she turned to Jon.

"Jon." Rieka demanded. Jon looked between them before looking to Daenerys. 

''We need every man we can get' Jon told her simply

'Very well' she agreed. Grey worm handed Jaime back his sword shoving it to his chest, Rieka let out a breath of relief.

'Thank you... your grace' Jaime said bowing his head to her. Everyone filed out of the room heading in the separate directions except for Bran he sat staring at Jaime as Rieka ran up to him. Jaime held tight to her, but his gaze stuck to bran over Rieka's shoulder. 

'Either you knew cersei was lying or you didn't know anything at all which makes you either a traitor or a fool!' Daenerys snapped at Tyrion once they left. "Cersei still sits on the throne if you cannot help me take it back I will find a new hand.'' Daenerys seethed before marching off. Tyrion rolled his shoulders back peering around at Daenerys council. 

''I suspect one of you will be wearing this before it's over.' Tyrion said looking down to his pin.

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'Her Grace wants to rectify her mistakes.'

'The queen once gave me a castle and a wife and took them both.' Bronn countered finishing his drink. 

'That was ser Jaime's doing when the queen wants some thing she pays in advance and gold which is waiting for you in a wagon outside.''

''So she wants to murder someone but she can't send her soldiers...' bronn questioned. ''if it's a dragon queen she's after-''

''She has other plans for the Targaryen girl.'

'Well good luck with that.'

'Our Queens brothers are unlikely to survive their northern adventures... in the event that they do....' He held up a crossbow. "Rieka is not to be touched." he added. 

''That fucking family.''

''In exchange for my service the queen made me her Hand, what would she do for the man that killed her treasonous brothers?' He gave Bronn the crossbow.