The Last Velaryon - Robb Stark

19 - Three Very Important Words

Spinning around on my feet throwing my hair over my shoulders I eyed my husband seeing his hands clenched at his sides. "Robb, please don't be angry with me over speaking to Walder Frey without telling you I was going to in the first place."

"Oh I have every right to be angry with you.  We're supposed to be a team, Haelesa."

I parted my lips, releasing a breath. "We are still a team, Robb."

"It didn't appear that we were out there in front of Walder Frey and his household.  It looked like we had completely different plans in mind and didn't communicate that to one another." He threw his hands away from his sides in frustration.

"I'll take full responsibility for the miscommunication.  With that said, may I tell you of my plan that I wanted to propose to him?"

Robb gestures with his right hand. "Continue, my lady."

"Robb, those girls all deserve an escape from that man.  I mean he's old and has had four different wives over how many years.  I'm afraid if young wives of other houses stop sending their daughters to him, then he might start making babies with his own children."

Robb pointed out. "Like the Targaryen's did to keep their bloodline supposedly pure."

"Exactly.  I - I want to help then escape from him in some way.  I know that there can't possibly be that many lords wanting to be married to the Freys but it would be a start and create the loyalty between your two houses once again."

Robb ran a hand over the growing beard on his chin, thinking in deep thoughts. "There's a few sons of my bannermen who are not wed off just yet.  My uncle Edmure of House Tully has no wife either."

"My brother has borne some bastards but since you're a King now you can make them into official members of our house.  Unless of course you aren't truly open to this idea at all."

The young wolf glanced at me, closing most of the distance between us taking my hands in his larger ones. "Whatever you want to do, we shall do to the best of our abilities.  So he also has another daughter the age of nine and ten named Rosaline.  We could wed her to my uncle."

"That's a good start.  For the other girls I think we should help find husbands for Merry, Freya, Marianne and then I can take little Shirei under my wing.  I was raised by someone who wasn't my mother and I'm terrified to think of who will talk with her about her bleeding among other things."

Robb kissed my forehead once cupping my face in his gloved hands. "Your heart is one of the things I love about you."

"Did you just say you love me?" I drew my head back slightly with a curious look.

Robb smiled down at me longingly. "Yes, I did."

"Say it again, Stark."

He nuzzled his nose against mine with a cheeky grin spread across his face when he uttered the words a few more times. "I love you.  Do you hear me, I love you.  I will always love you, Haelesa."

"I think I love you too, Robb." I grinned at him feeling overjoyed at this moment.  I knew if I told him now he wouldn't let Jaime live another night so it was best to keep the secret from him and visit a Maester here before we left.  If I don't know who the father could be after that the Moon Tea was my only option left that I had in my back pocket. "Robb, there's something you should know along with me loving you.  I think I am pregnant with Jaime's-"

Robb connected my lips with his wrapping one arm around my waist bringing me in as close as possible.  Wrapping my arms around his neck I deepened the already heated kiss.  He threaded his other hand into my silver locks of hair that cascaded down my back and we would have remained that way if it wasn't for someone knocking on the closed door peeking their head inside revealing none other than his mother Catelyn. "Robb, Lord Frey is getting tired of waiting for your girl to finish whatever her plan is for his daughters and granddaughters.  What would you wish me to tell him?"

"Tell him we'll be out in a minute to tell him our offer.  Thank you, mother." He glanced over his shoulder responding to her.

She nodded, closing the door when shen left. "Of course."

"On your lead, my king." I extended my right hand to him waiting for him in return to which he looped his larger one with my small palm.

"On our lead, my queen.  Now and always."

Together we exited the chamber room making our way into the throne seeing all eyes shift to us regardless of Lord Frey being the one to speak first and break the uncomfortable silence that had surrounded us the second we had left moments ago. "So Lord Stark, what has your lady wife come up with for our two houses to become united once more?"

"Lord Frey, we have come up with a solution.  We will choose some of your granddaughters to choose which of my unwed bannermen to try and form a connection with them.  But under no circumstances will we force them into an arranged marriage where they aren't happy." Robb explained to the elderly lord before our eyes.

Lord Frey eyed his uncle Edmure. "I'll agree to that on one condition. We shall join house Tully and house Frey through Edmure and my daughter Roslin who was supposed to marry you, young wolf."

"That can be done, my lord.  You have my word." Robb bowed his head.

Lord Frey clasped his hands together. "Then it's settled then."

"We did it. Ahh!" I squealed caught off guard when my husband scooped me up into his muscular arms twirling me around in circles of laughter briefly sitting me back down on my feet.

Robb put one hand on my hip and his other on my stomach grinning ear to ear. "Now all we need is a baby of our own."

"Actually there's something I've been needing to tell you about.  I told you before that I gave my maidenhood to Jaime, that was true but there's more to it.  Robb, I think I'm pregnant except it might not - urgh!" I grunted grabbing at my belly feeling serious pain with a liquid falling down in between my legs.

Robb's face went flushed with fear. "Haelesa?"

"What's wrong with her, son?" Catelyn came over to where we stood.

Chezney ran over where I grabbed her shoulder for balance until she bent down seeing something staining on the stone floor. "That can't be too good."

"Is that blood?" I cried, feeling tears welling in my eyes.

Robb shouted at the people in the room scooping me up into his arms where I winced feeling more pain spreading through my belly. "We need a Maester!" I was rushed into the nearest available room and empty bed with no clue of what was happening to me and my secret baby growing inside of me.

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