Chapter 38:
THEON
Theon groaned as he came to. His head still throbbed from getting hit by Cleftjaw's swordhilt. His vision blurred at first until it finally cleared and Then found himself on what appeared to be the gallows of a ship. Most likely his uncle's ship, the Silence. His hands went for his head, only for Theon to realize they were restrained behind his back. No, not behind his back, but around a wooden pole behind his back, bound with rope. He moved to try and disentangle himself from his bindings.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, my beloved nephew."
Theon stilled himself at his uncle's voice and soon felt him approaching from behind and kneel down next to him.
"After all, it has been a long time since last I saw you. You were but a boy of ten when the Usurper and his dogs came to besiege our home. All thanks to my idiot brother's bold idea to cut ourselves off from the Greenlanders."
Throne tried hard not to clench his fists and try and defend his father's name in front of his murderer.
"He was however in the phase of mind, just..." his uncle spoke. "...not at the right time."
Theon forced himself to finally face his uncle, whose eye seemed to stare straight into his soul, if such a thing were possible. The Crow's Eye only seemed to smile at this.
"Don't be afraid, little nephew," Euron said. "Ask the question you've been meaning to ask."
"Do you mean to attack the seven kingdoms?" Theon asked hesitantly.
"No, dear nephew," Euron said, his smile widening even further. "I do admit that such a thought did cross my mind several times years ago but now I intend to rule over them and shape it into my image."
"And may I ask how exactly do you mean to accomplish this?" Theon asked nervously, sweat already touching his right brow. "None of the Great Houses will ever accept this."
"There may have been a time where that might have been possible," Euron said. "But now, now they will have no choice but to accept me as their king... once I've established contact with the dragon queen in Yunkai, and side with her to take back her throne and destroy her enemies."
Theon's eyes widened in shock at this revelation. He had completely forgotten about the Mad King's daughter who still lived. If his uncle who was just as equally as mad as the last dragon king succeeded in convincing his daughter to accept his offer, then she would go after and seek to punish the Houses who had caused hers to fall, especially the Starks. Robb.
"Of course, the only problem would be challenging her khal husband and killing his child," said Euron who did not seem to notice his nephew's shock. "But then again, I should make it look like the Usurper's loyal dogs were behind her death, especially since she isn't the only Targaryen in this world anymore."
Theon's eyebrows furrowed in shock and confusion at this information. "Whatever do you mean, uncle?"
Euron turned to him and grinned maliciously. "Oh, you didn't know? Surprising, considering you've lived under the Starks' roof for so long, I would have thought you of all people would have found out their secret by now."
"What secret?" Theon yelled in confusion.
His uncle came closer until their heads touched. "Jon Snow, your friend, the Bastard of Winterfell is actually the last trueborn son of Rhaegar fucking Targaryen."
Theon felt his mouth drop to the floor at this news. Snow was a fucking dragonspawn? How in the Seven Hells? Oh, Lord Stark's sister. Wait, trueborn?
He was still processing the information when his uncle got up and patted his nephew's shoulder before leaving him alone.
A/N: Hello everyone, I'm back. I apologize for the long hiatus, but I needed a very long break from writing as I found myself lacking in inspiration. Fortunately, I have found myself inspired again, and I promise you that more chapters are on the way for all my stories, but they will be on their own time. So please be patient. I won't take as long as GRRM, that I can guarantee you. Anyways, the next chapter should be out in the next couple of days hopefully. I'm still debating on whether it should be Daenerys or Eddard, so please comment down in the reviews section and tell me who'd you like to see in the next PoV. So that's all for now. Hopefully I'll see you next time.