Someone [ARYA STARK]

TWENTY THREE

Will had a disbelieving look on his face which haunted Arya.

He stared slowly and intently at his brother who had now completely ditched his previous smirk, "What do you mean?" Will muttered in a low tone.

"Father told me before I left to King's Landing." Edgar paused slightly and glanced towards the dirty ground, and continued bitterly, "His.. parting words to me."

"Told you what?"

"Will, you're not a Hart."

With a look of disbelief Will shook his head and chuckled slowly but nervously, "Of course I am!" He exclaimed.

"Will, our mother was always a little off around our father. You noticed that?"

Will shrugged a bit and sighed, "I guess, a bit. But I don't really think it was anything significant."

"Well, you're wrong." said Edgar, "She never loved him. She was miserable, she tried to hide it with you Will. You were the only reason she even stayed in Braavos, she loved you.. and hated me."

"That's not true."

"Why do you think she sent me away?"

"Because," Will paused, "You were always better than I was, faster, stronger.."

Edgar smiled slightly then shook his head, "No." he remarked, "I mean, yes I was but that was not the reason I was sent away. Our mother hated me because I was my father's son, I looked like him, acted like him and fought like him."

Arya shifted uncomfortably between the two brothers, feeling a sense of dread filling her as realization crept through her bones.

"I don't see-"  Edgar cut him off, 

"Flynn Hart isn't your father."

There was silence among the three for about twenty seconds before Will spoke up again. His voice was steady but Arya could here it cracking at the edges slightly. He turned to face his brother, "Are you lying to me?"

Edgar stared back with the same serious expression and eyes of sorrow. "No." he replied, "I'm not."

Will was shaking and as Arya moved closer to him he raised his hand to stop her and uttered a single word; "Don't."

"And who," asked Will, "is my father?"

Edgar looked like he just wanted to crawl under a rock and die there.

The next words that came out of Edgar's mouth were the two which she would have least expected in the world. She felt herself falling as the brown haired boy said them.

"Jaime Lannister."