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Chapter 34

"He should be here." Cersei said as he tried to undress her.

"Can we not talk about your brother when I am trying to fuck you?" Ned asked her.

Cersei smirked at him. "Yes my love, but it is Daenerys' name day. Tyrion promised to come back from the Free Cities for her name day."

It was Daenerys' seven and ten birthday. She would be formally betrothed to Gendry Baratheon while Jon was to announce his betrothal to Joanna Lannister. The weddings would take place the following year. Cersei wanted Tyrion back because Jon Arryn was finally gone. He quit as Hand of the King six months ago and was said to be traveling North. He took Petyr Baelish with him. The crown was short of a Master of Coin and a Hand. Ned and her could very well handle the Kingdom but they needed Tyrion to help. Her father of course was in King's Landing with Joanna and Jaime. Minisa married a year previously and was with child in the Riverlands. Edmure and her were said to be well matched. Cersei thought that it was disgusting given how much the girls resembled Lysa. It was no matter. Jaime would be a grandfather. They were old people now.

She refocused on Ned who tried to lead her back to their bed. "Ned, we do not have time." She said but let him place her hands on his erection. "Just a quick fuck before we give away the children."

Cersei laughed at him. "They are not children and they are not going away. Jon will remain here and Daenerys will be barely away at Dragonstone. Besides it will happen in a year."

"I don't like it." He said and pushed her to a wall as she felt him try to lower her bodice.

"Almost twenty years and you still want to rip them. I like this one. So you will have to just fuck me in it." She said and lifted her skirts.

She was a mess of slick by the time he entered her. Cersei moaned when he tightened his hold on her waist and thrust deeper. Her face pressed against the stone and he fucked the living lights out of her. She loved every single second of it. Cersei relished the way he lost control around her. Honorable, kind Ned Stark liked to fuck her rough and leave his seed under her dress.

He licked the side of her neck and they walked hand in hand to meet the children. Daenerys looked beautiful in a silver dress. She wore her hair in braids and smiled.

"You look beautiful." She said and hugged her. "Happy name day my love." She said and then they walked to the main hall. There were to receive the well-wishers there.

Jon sat with Jaime and laughed about something or other. They got along fine. She also knew that Jon liked Joanna, sweet, redheaded and feisty Joanna. Cersei liked her niece very much and was glad when Ned relented on the betrothal. She won against Catelyn who was reported to be slighted by the announcement that Sansa would not be queen.

Joanna appeared in a beautiful green gown. Jon smiled at her. They would make a nice looking couple. Jon was polite to her. Joanna in turn smiled and appeared coy. Father kissed her cheek.

"Cersei." He said in greeting.

"Father." She replied and they mingled around.

"Where is your brother?" Father asked.

"He was supposed to be here for the feasts." Cersei replied.

Father frowned, "no matter. I will be staying in King's Landing until after the wedding." He said. Cersei smiled, "we are so happy to have you."

Father nodded, "Joanna is a very smart girl. She is sensible, do not forget she is your true blood."

Cersei frowned, "Jon is my son. I have raised him, I quite agree that their union will be good and fruitful." She then left to talk to Margaery Tyrell. She was visiting from Highgarden. The Tyrells had wanted her as Jon's queen. They tried to have her bed Jon but Cersei was smarter than them. She placed the little flower in the quarters most away from Jon and had her son training all day with Ned and the maester at arms. She then had Daenerys make sure that Jon stayed with her and felt so tired that he had to sleep in her quarters while she went to his.

Daenerys came back two weeks after Margaery stayed with them. "She showed up tonight, half naked. She was very surprised to see me. She must have felt very silly. I asked her what was she doing and she stammered something about being lost."

Cersei smirked, "what did you do?"

"I escorted her to her quarters and stayed with her. I am to stay with her all this week." Daenerys said.

Cersei kissed her cheek. Daenerys found Joanna a bit dull but she liked her better than Margaery. "Joanna is ours. Margaery is not. She may have ideas."

Cersei greeted Selyse, who looked grayer than ever. Stannis and Renly bowed to her. Young Shireen smiled and looked to her older brother. Gendry had piercing blue eyes. The resemblance to the late Robert Baratheon was uncanny. Cersei and Ned always thought there was something about Gendry that they liked although Daenerys was not too impressed.

Ned announced the betrothals shortly after a great dinner. It was cause for merriment. She was happier when Daenerys ran from her side to the doors. "Uncle." She reached Tyrion who smiled at her. She kneeled to hug him. Tyrion always joked that Daenerys was the only woman besides her who cared enough to hug him lovingly.

"You did not think I would forget my favorite niece's nameday." He said in greeting. Joanna did not care. Cersei knew the girl was not particularly close to Tyrion and neither was Minisa. Daenerys and Jon however loved Tyrion. Jon was next by his side. "Help me." He said. Jon carried a coffer.

"Have I come too late for the gifts?" Tyrion said as he kissed her hands.

"Of course you have." Cersei said.

Daenerys waved her off, "show me." She said excitedly. Tyrion opened the coffer, "Dragon eggs. Three of them."

Cersei watched in terror as Daenerys touched them, "they are beautiful. Wherever did you find them?"

"The ruins of Valyria." He said mysteriously. Daenerys hugged her uncle again. The people around them whispered.

"Music, we need music." Cersei said and they all began to play. She could tell Ned was displeased.

Daenerys had a maid take the eggs to her rooms. "They are so beautiful." She continued saying. She did not let go of Tyrion and kept him around all night.

Ned danced with her. He was quiet and distant. Jaime and Joanna danced a few songs while Jon talked to Gendry. They were good friends those two. Gendry and Daenerys did not speak to each other at all. Joanna looked for Jon and they laughed at something. She could tell that the girl pleased him. They would do well together.

Ned and her retired late during the evening. "You must speak to him. He should not have gifted her those things."

"They are petrified eggs. What do you think will happen? I highly doubt that they will hatch." She snorted.

"It was an insult." Ned said as he undressed.

"It was harmless." Cersei defended Tyrion.

"He's gone too far." Ned continued. Cersei looked at him and undressed him. "Would you please stop? There is nothing to it, they are trinkets, nothing. I will speak with him if it makes you feel better."

Ned nodded gruffly, "bed."

They were soon naked, relaxed and enjoying each other's bodies. Ned made her feel desired, needed, wanted and as if she was the most beautiful woman on the world. She was older, her body was not as perky but Ned took delight in her. She moaned his name when he kissed the side of her neck and asked her to tell him. Cersei smiled and kissed him gently, "I love you." She repeated as he took her. She enjoyed the way he still lost control around her. Ned kissed her fiercely as he spilled inside of her. He arched her back and she let out a gasp when he lowered his fingers to her core and started playing with her button. He grunted as she pushed his hands away. She was too sensitive. He held her as she rode her orgasm. Cersei moved to stay on his chest.

"You will talk to him." He rasped after a while.

Cersei nodded and played with his chest hair. "yes my love." She felt safest when listening to his heartbeat.

The queen woke up to Ned kissing her cheek gently, "I am going hunting with Jon and the Baratheons."

Cersei nuzzled his bearded cheek, "must you?"

"I must. The Tyrells will be in attendance as well. We must keep their friendship." Ned whispered. Cersei nodded, it was a slight that the little rose was not picked to be Jon's wife but it was also an affront when they rejected Tyrion. Cersei did not care for their refusal, of course it was father's ploy and she knew that Tyrion would not accept the match either but it was still a slight against her beloved brother.

"Fine." She said but grabbed his cock. Ned smiled and stood up. She blinked the sleep away and lowered his breeches. She would lick his cock until he spilled on her breasts. He liked to see her tits all the time, even after all these time.

Cersei let him guide her mouth. She hummed when he massaged the back of her head. Ned was almost done for when he pushed her back. "Open your legs."

Cersei smirked. She misjudged him, she was slick with need for him. He entered her forcefully and grabbed her breasts. He was possessed. "I had a dream yesterday. I had a dream that I fucked you like this and my seed gave you a child. A boy, a smart boy who looked like me but had your green eyes. We shall name him Brandon after my brother. He shall be good and see the world ahead. He will be a maester of the Citadel perhaps." Her husband gasped and drove into her.

The woman would have cried years ago. It still left a bitter taste in her mouth that she would not give him children. She was made to care for children that she did not carry. Cersei kissed him and for the first time wished that he truly possessed the sight. She contracted around her and kissed his bearded cheek. "mayhaps." She said. Ned kissed her once more. "Have my dreams not come true? Soon you shall be ripe with our child, our prince, our Bran." He kissed her tenderly and then left her to sleep some more.

Cersei gave up the thought of carrying children inside of her. She loved Daenerys and Jon, those two were her children and her Tyrion. Her Tyrion was her true first child. She was happy and forgot about Ned and his silly words. She was far too busy that day. The queen met with Joanna, Daenerys and the Tyrell girl. It was only polite that Margaery be with them.

Daenerys laughed with Joanna about something or other. The little rose smiled demurely too. They all rose when they saw her. "Good morning." Cersei greeted and sat by Joanna.

Her niece smiled at her. She looked very much like a young version of Lysa and Catelyn but with green eyes. "Your grace." She said and smiled. "Joanna, dearest how is your morning going?"

"Very well. Lady Margaery is teaching us a new stitch pattern." Joanna said with a smile. She was a sunny girl. Daenerys smiled too but Cersei knew it was fake, she found these girls boring. Her poor girl did not know the depths of these two girls. He knew from Jaime that Joanna was daring, pampered by Tywin. She was the apple of the old man's eyes. Minisa was described to be more subdued, prone to bouts of sadness but much more sweet. Tyrion once recounted a tale in which Joanna stopped talking to Jaime. Her brother had forbidden her from going to Lannisport. Minisa, the conciliator tried to get Jaime and Joanna to see eye to eye. Jaime fell for her tears and spoke to Joanna.

"Any news of Minisa?" Cersei asked.

Joanna perked up. "She is most happy in the riverlands. She thinks she will have twins, she is so heavy. How I wish she were here." Her niece said.

Margaery smiled, "I went to the riverlands years ago with grandmother. It is beautiful, not as bountiful or as grand as Highgarden but it had its charms."

Joanna smiled, "Jon and I will surely visit after our wedding." Cersei nodded, good girl, she thought. The little rose's smile froze a bit.

"Of course. I am sure Princess Daenerys and Lord Baratheon would love go as well." Margaery replied.

Daenerys nodded. Cersei noticed that she was absent minded. They embroidered until Cersei had to leave to a small council meeting. She found Tyrion and father glaring at one another.

"Good morning." She said and sat by Tyrion. "I see you two have had words."

Her father frowned, "you have coddled him far too much. It is time for him to do his duty."

Tyrion frowned back but stayed quiet. Cersei watched them. They were tenser than usual, "pray tell father, what is his duty?" Cersei asked.

Tywin directed his fury at her, "marry and have children. I need a male heir and I have none."

"It is Jaime's duty to marry once more. It is his duty to give you heirs. I am a second son." Tyrion replied.

Tywin looked at him, "you will do as you are told. I will not fund any more trips overseas and neither will you." Her father looked at her.

Cersei frowned, "you have no authority to forbid me anything."

Tywin smiled, "very well, you may fund your brother, keep indulging him, but know that he will be forbidden to set foot in the West. If Tyrion sets foot away from Westeros, he shall be persona non grata in his own lands."

Tyrion looked ready to kill. "You cannot do that." Cersei retorted.

Tywin watched her, "you may be queen Cersei but I am his father and warden of the West. Your husband will agree with me. I am his father. Eddard, unlike you understand that children need discipline."

"I am not a child." Tyrion gritted out.

"You may as well be, the way you go around cavorting with whores, wasting my money, shaming me, your sister, your name." The old lion roared. Their conversation was interrupted when in came Lord Varys, a nameless Martell and the Grandmaester.

Tywin did not leave. Cersei did not ask him to leave either. She was infuriated with her father but knew that it was high time that Tyrion married and had children. It was time that he settled down. Her father was needed as well. He had excellent connections with the Iron Bank and experience.

They discussed the upcoming weddings. Tyrion was instated that Master of Coin in Baelish' absence. They also spoke of the upcoming winter. It would happen soon; the Citadel had not sent the white ravens but it would happen soon. There was a breeze in the air. Cersei walked with Tyrion to her solar.

"I will not be a pawn in his game." Tyrion roared and poured himself wine.

Cersei sighed, "he is not incorrect. You should marry. You are far past marrying age now."

Her baby brother glared at her. "He proposed Arianna Martell and a Frey. Those are children, Daenerys's age."

"Arianna Martell is far too low for you and she is three years older than Dany, hardly a child. Daenerys and Jon should have wed a year ago. Ned and I held out as much as we could."

Tyrion shook his head, "he hates me. There is no need for to ask for an heir. Jaime is young, healthy and father is also healthy. He will not drop and die any time soon. He is doing this because he hates me. He cannot bear to see me happy."

Cersei nodded. She found that it was easier to agree with Tyrion than to attempt to argue. She let him wallow in self-pity. "Let us stall the old Lion as much as possible." She kissed his brow.

Cersei had plans for Tyrion. He thought of young Sansa Stark in the North. Ned would approve the match she would make sure Ned himself offered Tyrion's hand to Sansa.

She studied her baby brother and asked him about his latest trip. "You are dying to know. I know you are." He smirked and offered her wine.

"Where did you find them?" Cersei asked him.

"They found me. A merchant offered them to me for my little Dragon." He said. Cersei frowned, "They could be dangerous."

"They are not. I examined them myself. I would never harm Dany. They are petrified eggs, it is all. You would not believe who I found in a pleasure house in Lys?"

Cersei arched an eyebrow, "Lynesse Hightower." Tyrion said.

Cersei smiled, "how is she?"

"Fat and past her prime." Tyrion replied. It was a scandal when Lynesse Hightower left Mormont for a wealthy merchant and sailed East. Jorah was left in shame and almost joined the Night's Watch.

Cersei laughed uproariously. "I do not wish to speak of her any longer." She sobered up a bit.

"I am supposed to chastise you for bringing those eggs. Ned thought it in poor taste." Cersei said while sipping on her wine.

"Did you not see her face? She was delighted. I would do anything to see those violet eyes sparkle like that." Tyrion said.

Cersei sighed, "It will be hard when they leave my side."

"It would not be so bad. Jon is to stay, is he not?" Tyrion asked her.

"Yes, he will take a more active role. Ned wants him to sit on the council when they come back from their hunting."

Tyrion smiled, "it will be good for him. Jon is a good lad, capable, smart and eager. He will be a good ruler."

Cersei agreed, her son was fair, smart and loyal, just like Ned. He would rule with honor. Cersei and Tyrion spoke of the council meeting until dinner. He accompanied her to one of the small rooms. Daenerys and Joanna were already seated. Cersei found both girls were not in each other's confidence. Daenerys looked up and smiled at Tyrion. "Uncle, I thought you were gone." She said and offered him a bright smile.

"Not for now little Dragon. Your father and mother have requested that I stay." He said and sat down by her. Joanna smiled from her seat.

"Where is father?" Cersei asked Joanna.

"Grandfather was feeling a bit tired. He is not as young as he once was. He's decided to take his meals in his quarters." Joanna said with a smile.

Tyrion frowned and changed the conversation to the weddings. Cersei and Joanna talked about the old and yet beautiful Lannister cloak that Joanna would wear. Cersei thought of everything. The Lannister cloak was already in their possession, as Joanna brought it from the Riverlands when her sister married. Cersei was waiting of the Stark cloak. It was North with Catelyn, Ned sent it back the day after he wedded Cersei.

"I must write to Catelyn, she has yet to send the cloak." Cersei said. She wanted the Stark cloak in their possession for her grandsons.

Daenerys looked away, "mother, we still have a year to go."

"Oh but Daenerys, a year is nothing. It shall go so quickly, it seems as if it was yesterday that Minisa wed and look at her she is about to give birth. It will be a boy. I know it so. We will be so happy once we are wed. Minisa loves being married. I cannot wait to have a son." Joanna said with a huge smile.

Cersei smiled at her niece. She was a sweet girl after all. Daenerys did not seem to be as overjoyed. She would talk to her soon.