Yay 25th chapter

Joanna's handmaidens bathed and clothed her in her favourite crimson dress which had been a present from Joffrey shortly after his coronation.

The next few hours were spent with Joff in her bedchamber as she retold her adventure, making sure to leave out the part about her pregnancy. The subject was still too sore and fresh in her memory to discuss. She didn't want anyone in her family discovering it-excluding Jaime.

She realised that she had forgotten to ask about her uncle whilst Joffrey was with her and her mind filled with worry.

Jaime had been left with the female knight, held prisoner. Now that Joanna had been separated from them anything could have happened. It had been her lie that had got them released and if Brienne so much as suspected that she had been lying Jaime was in grave danger. Adding to that she had to knowledge that Joffrey had been the father of Joanna's unborn child. If she had returned to the Stark camp then that information could be used to blackmail her family.

But despite everything Joanna couldn't be happier to be home despite the fact that her sister had been sold like cattle to Dorne where she would be a prisoner to those who hated the Lannisters.

Whilst Joffrey had been in her room it had been as almost nothing had changed between them. He had kissed and embraced her with a passion greater than ever before. He attempted to take it further but she had refused and unlike before he actually listened, not pressuring her.

Her door was knocked on and then opened and stood there was someone Joanna didn't expect to see.

Jaime Lannister stood in the doorway, looking completely different to when she had last seen him. His long flowing blonde curls had been cut short and his usual decadent, shiny armour had been replaced by simple cotton clothes that looked strange on him.

Joanna could do nothing but stare

in shock as she was surprised into immobility. Smiling warmly Jaime approached her and drew her into his arms.

Once Joanna had regained control of her body she returned the hug more than equally. Her worst fear had been never seeing the man who she considered her father figure again so this was a huge weight off of her shoulders.

"How... What happened... I don't know..." Joanna stumbled as she struggled to form sentences.

Releasing his niece her brought her over to the bed where they sat down.

"Brienne returned me to Kings Landing expecting to receive Arya

Stark in return."

"So what happened to her?" Joanna asked curiously, wondering how her lie turned out.

"She is currently being held in the cells for treason against Joffrey. If she doesn't confess she will be executed." Jaime explained, brushing a stray damp curl from his daughters face.

Joanna scoffed. "Confessing didn't protect Ned Stark."

"Their situations are very different. Joffrey can be more easily controlled now. You help with his unpredictability."

She nodded. "I agree. Besides Lord Stark was making outrageous accusations. Brienne isn't doing that."

"Joanna..." Jaime sighed. "You do understand that if she is to be execute then she has nothing to lose. She might make claims about you and Joffrey."

Her face fell as she remembered that both her uncle and the knight knew her secret.

"Joanna I just want you to know that I don't think any less of you for who you love and want to be with. I believe in true love and true love knows no limitations. We love who we love and no matter what we do we can't hide it. I see no crime in love. No one knows what true love is like twins. That feeling of having one person who makes you complete and you can't live without. However the rest of the world doesn't understand and they can't possibly comprehend your feelings so your life will be hide. You'll have to constantly hide your feelings and watch the person you love marry someone else as you live a lie."

As Jaime finished his speech Joanna's mind started putting things together. The more her uncle spoke of forbidden love and twins the more things became clear in her head.

A sudden realisation hit her and she thought herself a fool for not realising it sooner.

"Your my father."

CLIFFHANGER!

Yay, finally she knows. Next chapter will hopefully be up tomorrow. There will be a time skip so unfortunately you won't see the aftermath of her revelation. I'm writing this on my iPhone notes so I don't have a word count so hopefully this is long enough.