The Bastard Prince

5

The next morning I follow Aegon around as we ready for a council meeting.

First we stop at the twins room. He see's one child and goes over realizing it isn't his son.

"Where is Jaehaerys?" Aegon asks Helena.

"Attending his lessons." She says as she sows. I walk over to Jaehaera and pick her up, she giggles as I toss her in the air and kiss her tiny cheek and place her back down.

"And those are where?" Aegon asks.

"What do you need of him?" Helena sighs out.

"Taking him to the small council. He'll be king one day. He must begin his instruction." Aegon speaks.

"What if he does not want to be king?" Helena asks.

Aegon crouch to her." Where is he?"

"The library. You must not interrupt his custom." Helena tells him and he ignore her and walks out.

I sigh and follow him. But we stop at the door as she speaks up again.

"Im afraid." She speaks and I place my hand on the hilt of my sword.

"Of what my queen?" I say and step closer to her.

"The rats." She says. Aegon looks around for them and I frown seeing the far away look, keeping notes to keep my eyes out for anything that has to do with rats.

"I'll keep an eye out, everything will be fine." I tell her and she smiles at me.

Aegon and I move to leave again." What do you think that was about?" Aegon asks as we make our way to the library.

"I think she had a vision or something." I tell him and he glances at me and hums.

We grab Jaehaerys and make our way to the small council.

"Hello! Jaehaerys must learn the ways of the court if he is to rule one day." Aegon speaks as we walk in." Up we go." Aegon lifts the babe over the stairs.

"Good morrow, my lords. Mother. What news?" Aegon sits in his chair and I stand a step behind him and watch little Jaehaerys.

" Our letters to the Vale and to the North continue to go unanswered." Otto speaks.

"Cunts." Aegon says and I have to stifle a chuckle.

"The Stormlands should be ours after Prince Aemond's marriage pact to the Lady Floris Baratheon." I smile as Jaehaerys takes the Lannister's stone, and the Lannister fumbles to get it back from the child. "I anticipate their sworn declaration."

" My brother is raising the strength of the West to mass at the Golden Tooth, but we-" The lannister speaks up but cuts himself off when Jaehaerys steels his stone again causeing me to look down with a smile." Yeah, thank you, my prince.That's, that's very helpful."

"My nephew, Lord Ormund, musters his forces to sally forth from Oldtown. They expect to march quickly, meeting little resistance, until they reach the Riverlands." Otto speaks up.

"My letters to Rhaenyra. Has there been any answer?" Alicent speaks up.

"An apology for her dead son?" A man speaks up.

"None, Your Grace.Between that and their blockade of the Gullet, we must presume that the princess has refused the offered terms, and that war is now inevitable." The maester speaks up.

"Na-na!" Jaehaerys speaks being a menace to the Lannister. Aegon chuckles at his son.

"Perhaps Your Grace might lend his voice to our outreach..." Alicent speaks up but trails off when she see's her son Isn't listening.