CHAPTER 9

I had my own small tent next to Lady Starks tent so we could both have privacy, I was sitting in one of the chairs when the tent flap opened and Robb walked in.

"I am sorry to bother you, milady, but I wish to speak with you."

I motioned for Robb to sit down in the chair.

"Your father King Robert has died, but as it seems Joffrey, Marcella, and Tommen are all Cersei and Jaime Lannister's bastards, born of incest between the two. That makes Joffrey's claim to the thrown invalid. Before your father died and my father was arrested, your father legitimized you. That puts you before Roberts brothers and Joffrey, now, I talked to my council and they all urged me to support your claim to the throne as long as you agree to marry me. That way we unit the North and the South like our fathers wanted."

I was shocked, I had just found out my father was dead and I was next in line for succession and I already had my first marriage proposal. I looked down at my hands as I thought through everything Robb had said, it was only logical that Robb, King of the North, should seek to marry someone with a claim to the Iron Throne, I could refuse but if Robb knew that I was legitimized then so does the Lannister's and everyone else that would seek to harm me, but if I married Robb and the North supported my claim to the Iron Throne then I would have protection.

"Robb, I accept your proposal."

Robb smiled as he stood up and pulled me from my chair and into his arms.

"That is great! I will be the best husband ever and I will always support you and I will never hurt you. Just think, our children will rule the Seven Kingdoms and we can unite the North and the South again."

I smiled as Robb leaned down to kiss me, before our lips touched someone cleared their throat. It was Lady Caitlyn and she did not look happy at all.

"Mother, Talana agreed to become my wife and together we are going to take the Iron Throne and get father back and the girls."

"You are King of the North now, you can't marry a bastard! And you are about to start a war, do you really think getting married right now is the best time for it."

"Mother, Talana has been legitimized, she has a claim to the Iron Throne and that also makes her not a bastard anymore and a logical partner for me. If we get married we can unite the North and the South just like father and Robert wanted and I am King now, I marry who I want and I want Talana."

Lady Caitlyn looked really mad as she looked at me and then back at Robb before she stormed out of the tent, once she was gone Robb turned back to me and pulled me into his arms once more.

"I can't wait to marry you, should we make it a big thing or a small one with just our friends and family?"

"Um… If we are going to unite the North and the South than we should make it a big theatrical thing and we should do it IN Kings Landing after I sit on the Iron Throne, that way no one can say we weren't officially married or anything like that."

Robb nodded his head as he brought his hand to rest on the back of my neck, angling my head upward so he could properly kiss me. Robb's lips were dry and hard as they moved against my soft and moist ones, Robb pulled away for air but rested his forehead on mine his hot breath blew in my face. I felt Robbs hand snake behind me and move down my back trying to grab my butt, I pulled away from Robb and moved his hands off of me. Robb put his hands up in surrender as he knew he did something wrong.

"I-I'm sorry, I guess I got to excited. I mean, I've never been with someone before unlike Theon and Jon."

"W-wait what? Jon has been with someone before? Who was it?"

Robb put his hands down and sat back down with a sigh, I sat back down to.

"Y-yeah, Jon told me. It was about a month before you arrived, but there was a whore named Rosie, Theon used to go and visit her and he told us how she was the one who made him a man. Jon wanted to be seen as a man and he was so naïve that he thought once he became a man he would have more respect from my mother. Jon went and paid Rosie for a night at the brothel and the next day Jon told me and Theon about it during our studies."

Robb looked at me as I felt tears well up in my eyes.

"You love him. I saw the way he looked at you and you looked at him, I thought it was nothing but infatuation due to you both being bastards at the time and once he left for the Wall you would turn your affections to me."

"Robb, Jon is my first love, but that doesn't mean I don't love you. Jon is now a Brother of the Nights Watch, I can never be with him but I can be with you and I want to be with you."

Robb grabbed my hand in his and gave me a sad smile as he kissed my hand. I felt terrible, I was soon to be married to Robb but I am in love with his half-brother, I knew my words had caused Robb pain but I was not going to build my marriage on lies. I knew Robb was taking comfort in the fact that I would never see Jon again and that Jon posed no threat to our future marriage.