One Good Reason / Lucerys Velaryon

8. Cleanse my Sins

''Where is the White Worm?'' Aegon demanded drunkenly.

'' She sold you for a price." Erryk informed him

''And why have you paid it?" Aegon questioned looking between them as they each held an arm captive in their grip.  "I want my mother." Aegon demanded.

"Mama!" Robert begged. "Mama!" Sera reached out turning to him. Robert always liked her full attention. Sera wasn't worried about aegon. Aemond would find him and sera would be stuck with aegon once again.

"I see you." Sera agreed.

"Look!"

"Im looking." Sera agreed rubbing at his little tummy. Jadyn grumbled shoving her twin.

"Maaaa!" Robert whined out.

"Jadyn be nice sweetie." Sera agreed pulling robert into her lap.

"Orry Bee." Jadyn agreed waddling over to them and kissing her twins cheek.

"It otay." Robert assured snuggling into sera.

''Your grandfather, the Hand, will meet you outside the city walls.'' Erryk corrected.  Aegon grunted pushing them away as he ran but on drunken feet he didn't get far. He should have run to seras room. No one would have looked there for him.

"You flee what other men die seeking, Aegon." Arryk said pushing him down.

Belling tolling in the distance as they made it to the light, Aemond and Criston saw Aegon being brought out.

"Damn..." aemond muttered.

''I do regret this, friend.'' Criston said pointing his sword at Erryk. Aegon threw an elbow back and made a run for it. Criston attacked Erryk as Aemond tackled Aegon to the ground.

''No! Stop! No.'' Aegon shouted. Aemond got him on his back and Aegon started giggling slap happy.

" I was hoping you disappeared." Aemond seethed.

"Where did renly go? There he is!" Sera cooed. "Where did romeo go?" She lifted up the blanket again. "Oh!" She dropped it down. "There he is!" Renly giggled out pulling on the blanket but it might as well have been him pulling on her heartstrings.

'' Is our father truly dead?'' Aegon asked his smile falling.

''Yes... and they're going to make you king.'' Aemond hissed and Aegon spit up at him and Aemond faltered back, Aegon jumped up and  ran again. Where he was running to didnt matter because aemond grabbed him again.

"Agh!" Aemond wiped at his face lunging at Aegon and catching him easily.

"No!" Aegon screamed out struggling in Aemond's strong grasp.

"Are you going to help me?!" Erryk asked looking up to his brother staring down at them from a safe distance.

"No! Let me go!" Aegon contined to trash in Aemond's grip.

Renly shook the blanket as sera stirred her tea. The day grew later and sera knew the likelynsss of Aegon returning was growing slimmer but she knew he would be ready. He was the father of her children. She didn't really want him dead.

"Where's your brother, huh?" Criston mused his eyes darting around as his blade stayed focused on Erryk.

"Let me go! Brother! Ahh! Let me go! I have no wish to rule! No taste for duty!" Aegon pleaded. "I'm not suited."

"You'll get no argument from me." Aemond said dully. "Nor from your wife."

"You let me go, I will find a ship and sail away, never to be found." Aegon continued to plead. "You can have seraphina. I messed up beyond repair with her. You will do better."

"I would." Aemond agreed. "But unfortunately The Queen awaits." Aemond hissed.

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"Hello wife." Aegon remarked his head emerging from the bathtub. "Have you come to cleanse me of my sins?" Sera moved wordlessly to him and put her hand on his hand and gave a hard shove forcing him under the water, his legs kicked up and he squirmed away splashing water and popping up gasping for breath. Sera stared back at him wordlessly.

"Why couldnt you disappear?" Sera finally asked. Aegon got out of the tub naked and unashamed.

"I wanted to." Aegon barked back as he grabbed a towel wrapping it around his hips. "Sorry to disappoint." Sera huffed out a breath.

"There was a brief moment I thought I was free."

"Me too." Aegon assured. "You know you are a piece of work yourself."

"You are one to talk." Sera corrected. They had a stare off before Aegon laughed out tipping back into the bed and pushing himself back up again. "What?" Sera questioned confused.

"I like fighting with you." Aegon admitted. Sera rolled her eyes. "You are all sexy when you are mad at me."

"So I'm sexy all the time because I'm constantly mad at you." Sera agreed.

"Yeah, yeah," Aegon agreed looking for a bottle of wine. "Luckily for you a whore ratted me out, sorry former whore, shes..." he swatted a hand in the air looking for the right word, "-reformed." he decided as he grabbed the bottle.

"Aegon enough." Sera corrected pulling the bottle from his grasp.

"Come on, I'm going to be king tomorrow." He corrected.

"Yeah. You are. What a stupid idea. We are doomed" she agreed. "Now get some rest. Your mother was in a tizzy."

"You want to stay?" Aegon questioned pathetically.

"No." Sera corrected slamming the door behind her.