Fire And Blood

Chapter 9: Mutiny

Viserys

Dany's words played over and over in my head. 'Viserys, I'm with child.'

How could I have let this happen? How can I live with my child living in the shadow of my brother and his children? This isn't what I wanted. I should have been more careful.

"Viserys, are you okay?" Dany's voice rang in my ear. I suddenly came back to reality.

"We can't let anyone know, Daenerys. Not Father, not Rhaegar. Nobody."

"You must understand that we aren't the only ones who know, Viserys. The Grand Maester knows, because he performed the examination. Elia knows, because she was there with me."

"Nobody else can know. I don't want father to think that he is getting what he wants. Do you realize, if it is a boy, father and Rhaegar will never let him leave their sides, even though he will never be king. I don't want our child to live in the shadows of Rhaegar and his children."

"Viserys, I understand that we can't tell anybody yet, but you can at least be happy about this. We are going to have our own happy family. Now we don't have to live in Rhaegar's shadow. Now, we will be equals because he isn't the only one who can produce heirs. Father may never show this child love, but I promise you, this child will not need his pitiful 'love'. This child will have more love than anybody, and it will just be us who loves him or her. Nothing and no one will take this child away from me. This is my child. This is what I was born to do. I was born to marry you. I was made to have your children. I don't want to do this because I am supposed to. I want to do this because I love you, and I want to make you happier than any man alive."

"Daenerys, can't you see that you do that anyway? I am absolutely thrilled that we are going to have our own family, and I promise you, nobody will every take our family away."

Rhaegar

"Rhaegar, my love. Where are you?"

"I'm in here, my dear Elia."

"Oh, good," Elia said with a smile. "How has your day been, my love?"

"It's better now that you're here," I said as I kissed her passionately.

"I have wonderful news. I went to the Grand Maester with Daenerys today, and he declared that she is indeed pregnant. How wonderful is that?"

"I was afraid this would happen. This will ruin everything. They'll find out about Rhaenys and Aegon. They'll find out that everything is a lie."

"As far as anyone knows, they are both Targaryens, and it's going to stay that way.