End of Youth / Tommen Baratheon (2.2)

15. Rumors

"You dont think... Tommen should know?" Rieka whispered.

"No." Cersei corrected. "Let him believe."

"He heard the rumors when Joffrey-"

"Rumors. My boy is a king. The first good king to ever live." Cersei corrected.

"I just meant what if something goes wrong with Jaime and Bronn. Wouldnt you want to... jaime didnt get to say goodbye." Rieka whispered. "He loves tommen and Myrcella too."

"I know he does. Which is why he is bringing myrcella back." Cersei agreed.

'Why are we on a merchant boat with no sails?' Bronn questioned as he peered out over the water.

'This ship is sailing to old town and then we will get onto another boat it will take us south of there and we will ride up to Dorne by the night.' Jaime told him.

'Have you ever been to Dorne?' Bronn questioned

'No.' jaime answered

'I have. The dornish are crazy. All they wanna do is fight and fuck and fuck and fight.'

'So you should be happy to go back there.' Jaime remarked.

'There's nothing like a good fight to get you in the mood.' Bronn agreed 'for fucking and there's nothing like a fuck mad Dornish girl to tickle your head for the next fight the two work together and we're going to be doing a lot of fighting for sure well I am but I don't imagine we'll get to stick around for the rest not after we've kidnapped their princess.'

'We are not kidnapping that princess.' Jamie clarified 'we are rescuing my niece and bring her back to her family.'

'Your niece?' Jamie stare at him moment longer 'I've been doing this thing a long time and I'm good at it.'

'That's why you were here.' Jamie told him

'I know but why are you here why not send 40 of me or an army unlike most folks you actually got one.' Bronn reminded him.

'Because I don't want to start a war.' Jaime told him

'That doesn't explain what you're doing here.' Bronn told him

'It has to be me.' Jamie told him

'If I am putting a list together a one-handed man who happens to be one of the most recognizable faces in Westeros...'

'It has to be me.' Jaime told him

''You set your brother free didn't you? I bet Rieka helped you and I bet your sister did not like that.' bronn told him smugly.

'Varys set him free.' jaime corrected

'Well... If you ever see the wee fucker give him my regards.' Bronn said settling in it was going to be a long journey.

'He murdered my father.' Jaime reminded him 'if I ever see him I will split them into and then I will give him your regards.''

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"A letter from the capital. From the king mayhaps." Sam remarked handing Jon the scroll.

"The queen," jon hoped breaking the Baratheon royal seal. Sam saw Jons smile grow.

"Your sister?"

"My sister." jon agreed touching her signature. She was okay. She was safe. She was sassy even through the parchment her sassy attitude always shone through. "My sister. The queen."

"Rieka Baratheon. First of her name. Long may she reign." Sam remarked.

"Thanks Sam." Jon agreed.

"What does she want?"

"She wants me to come to the capital." Jon remarked

"Lets go to the capital!" Sam agreed.

"Im nights watch. Im king snow." He said teasingly. "And winter is coming."

"She is your sister but she is also the queen. This is one word away from being a formal summons." Sam countered looking over the scroll.

"Rieka will understand. We have to figure out how to kill these things. How to stop them."

"I will find a way." Sam agreed. "You can count on me."

"I know I can." Jon agreed.

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"Mother, Rieka is sick again." Tommen remarked.

"What do you mean again?"  Cersei countered.

"Vomiting in the loo again. I sent a maester in but she didnt want to see him." Tommen remarked. "Said she was fine- mother where are going? Is this serious?" Tommen questioned as cersei ran off.

'How many do you count?' Bronn said as some Dorne guards were doing a patrol

'Four.'

'How many do you think you can take?'

'One.' Jamie answered honestly 'if hes slow.' and even that was a stretch the guards halted when they saw footprints in the sand

'Great job you're fucking me in the ass.' Bronn said getting up he waved his hands in surrender

'Hello lads..' Bronn said as the guard circled them 'I'm glad we found you.'

'Rieka you're pregnant!" Cersei declared.

"Fuck you. I have the flu." Rieka grumbled.

"Anyone else were to utter those words to me-" cersei remarked getting closer. "-I would have their tongues."

"Im just sick- its barely been-"

"Let me feel your stomach- are your breasts tender?" Cersei questioned reaching out.

"Stop poking at me. What would tommen say? His mother groping his wife?" Rieka mused.

"You are. Cant you feel it! This one is going to stick I know it!" Cersei declared.

"Im pregnant?" Rieka whispered.

"You're pregnant?" Tommen declared. "Thats why you are not feeling good? The baby is making you sick?"

"I suppose so. Your mother is a very smart woman."

"We are having a baby?" Tommen questioned holding her hand.

"A baby. An heir. A grandchild!" Cersei declared hugging tommen tight. "My baby is having a baby!"

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'That one should be slow enough.' Bronn remarked. Jamie was able to take him down using his golden hand to block the sword he stabbed the man through the chest pulling his blade free the dorne guard tumbled down.

'That was good form.' Bronn called from above

'It was luck.' Jaime answered

'You had a good teacher.' Bronn corrected. Bronn cleaned off his sword on the dead man's clothes before sheathing it, as jaimes golden hand was connected to the blade he struggled to free his flase hand from the blade.

'I've always wanted a Dornish stallion these beast can run day and night without tiring they can ride to the water gardens a nice breeze in our face.' Bronn told Jaime as he came up.

'we have to bury the bodies.' jaime told him

'Birds need to eat too.' Bronn reminded him

'Corpses lead to questions and questions raise armies we are not looking to start a war.' Jaime reminded him.

'Do you know how long it will take us to dig all those up?'

'I can't dig very well with one hand.' Jamie remarked with a grin, 'not at all really.' Bronn gave the horse a pet before dragging the bodies away.

"Damn Rieka, volunteering me for this." Bronn hissed.

"Careful Bronn, Rieka is the queen."