The Lion & The Wolf

Chapter 29

Jon talks to Robb and tells him the truth. Serena receives an unexpected visitor who brings her news. I hope you guys like it 🥰

"I need to speak with you." Robb frowned at his brother, not liking how nervous Jon looked. They had been working hard, making preparations for the coming war. Robb had been in his solar for the past hour writing to Serena when Jon came in. "It is important."

"Does this have anything to do with the reason Sansa has been avoiding you?" Because he had noticed how awkward his siblings looked anytime they were near each other.

"No," Jon flushed before shaking his head. "Well, maybe, I am not completely sure."

"Sit down." The last thing he needed was Jon tripping and falling, and looking at how nervous his brother was that would happen at any moment. "Tell me what happened."

"I am not really sure how to say it." Robb frowned, not like the tone in Jon's voice. His brother kept looking around the room, almost like he could not look him in the eye. "I am not your brother."

"What?" That was not what he had been expecting Jon to say. "What do you mean? Of course you are my brother, do not let my mother's ramblings get in your head."

"That was not what I meant." Jon took a deep breath. "Ned Stark was not my father, he was my uncle."

Robb just sat there and stared at his brother, because no matter what Jon said, he was his brother. He was not sure what Jon was saying and it took him a few seconds to even comprehend that he should say something.

"I am not sure what you are saying."

"Yes, I am not saying it right. Gods, Sansa was much better at telling me." Robb was even more confused, not sure what Sansa had to do with it. "Your father is my uncle, he took me in and hid who I really was to protect me from Robert Baratheon."

Robb just blinked, but a pit formed in his stomach and he was not sure he wanted to hear what Jon was saying, but knowing he needed to. "So who were your parents?"

"My mother was Lyanna Stark." Robb's eyes widened and the pit in his stomach grew, knowing what Jon was going to say next. "And my father was Rhaegar Targaryen."

"I am so sorry Jon," He felt for his brother. "I cannot imagine how hard it must be for you to know what your father did to your mother."

"He did not do anything to her, not the way you think." Robb's mouth snapped shut and he just gave Jon a confused look. "They both fell in love and ran away together. Rhaegar annulled his marriage to Princess Elia and married my mother before she gave birth. Uncle Ned found my mother bleeding out after giving birth. My name is not Jon, at least that is not the name my mother gave me. She named me Aegon Targaryen."

All Robb could do was stare, not really knowing what to say. Jon was a prince, the man who had been raised as a bastard, whom his mother had been so awful to, was a prince of the seven kingdoms. He could not help but feel a bit sad and betrayed, hating that his father had lied to them for so long.

Robb's eyes widened when another thought crossed his head. "Shit, you are the heir to the iron throne."

"Do not say it like that." Jon groaned and looked miserable. "I do not want that ugly chair, I do not want to go south and become king."

Robb laughed, he could not help it. "I think you are the only man I have ever met who is upset to discover he is a prince."

"All I have ever wanted was to be a Stark."