Game of Thrones: I Am The Heir For A Day

Chapter 50: Aegon’s Wailing

Chapter 50: Aegon’s Wailing

"Brother..."

Helaena's face lit up when she saw Rhaegar, her voice tinged with misery as she called out.

Rhaegar glanced at her, his tone neither happy nor angry as he asked, "Being bullied again?"

"Aegon wants my bracelet..."

Tears streamed down Helaena's cheeks as she recounted her ordeal, her young voice trembling with anguish.

"I see."

Rhaegar nodded, rolling up his sleeve to reveal his own bracelet.

Undeterred, Aegon slapped Helaena on the head and admonished, "I'm your brother, not him. Stop calling him brother."

Helaena flinched at the blow, but her gaze remained defiant as she bit her lip, refusing to cower before Aegon.

Undeterred, Aegon continued, "Stop staring at me. I'll teach you a lesson later."

Turning to Rhaegar, he reached for his bracelet and suggested, "Give me your bracelet. Then Helaena and I can each have one, and I won't take hers anymore."

Watching Aegon's chubby hand reach out, Rhaegar smiled knowingly.

But before Aegon's fingers could touch the bracelet, another hand intercepted his.

"What are you doing?"

Aegon's expression changed, his voice tinged with embarrassment as he questioned the sudden interruption.

With a gentle smile, Rhaegar replied, "Since you like bracelets so much, I'll give you one."Diiscover new stories at novelhall.com

With a swift motion, Rhaegar pulled his arm back, causing Aegon to lose his balance and stumble away from Helaena.

As Aegon fell to the ground with a soft scream, he tried to regain his footing, but his efforts were in vain.

Thud

Aegon's back was crushed under the weight of a foot, causing him to scream in pain.

"Ah! What are you doing? Let me go or I'll call mother..."

Desperately trying to wriggle free, Aegon tried to move, but his efforts were met with fierce resistance.

Rhaegar quickly rolled over and straddled him, forcefully restraining his arm and delivering a stern ultimatum: "You broke your own sister's fingers. I'm going to break my own brother's arm. Fair enough?"

"No, please, I was wrong! Let me go!"

Aegon's screams echoed down the hall as Rhaegar continued to apply pressure.

Unable to tolerate Aegon's incessant wailing, Rhaegar removed his buckskin shoes, pulled out two yellowed socks, and shoved them into Aegon's mouth.

"Your own socks, never mind!"

Rhaegar chuckled softly before grabbing Aegon by the hair and dragging him outside.

Crunch-

Beneath the relentless pounding, the hatch swung open quickly from the inside.

Alicent, clad in a nightgown, emerged, her expression filled with concern as she saw Helaena's limp form.

Fear gnawed at Alicent as she took her daughter into her arms. "What happened? How did Helaena faint?" she asked worriedly.

"The princess collapsed in tears and kept mumbling the names of Princes Aegon and Rhaegar before she lost consciousness," the handmaiden replied, her voice shaking.

"Aegon! What has happened to Aegon and how is Rhaegar involved?" Alicent's distress deepened as she learned of her son's involvement, her gaze piercing the maid's.

The handmaiden recoiled slightly in fear and whispered, "The princess mentioned something about being careful with fire, but I couldn't make sense of it.

Alarmed at her daughter's condition, Alicent's eyes widened, her unease reaching a fever pitch.

"Watch over Helaena," she told the maid firmly, then turned to Harrold. "Ser, something must have happened to Aegon and Rhaegar. I'll look for Aegon; you go to Rhaegar's quarters."

With that, she dashed off, her footsteps echoing in her frantic rush.

Only two steps into her dash, Alicent stopped abruptly in her tracks.

Remembering the mishap at Rhaegar's last birthday party, when Aegon had been shoved into the cake, Alicent's eyes widened with concern.

"I'll go to Rhaegar's quarters; you look for Aegon," she ordered firmly, her voice tinged with urgency.

Sensing an imminent threat to her son, Alicent hurried to where she suspected Rhaegar might be.

Navigating through the ship's vast hold, Alicent traversed deep corridors until she reached a cluster of royal cabins set close together.

As she approached another corridor, she was suddenly assaulted by Aegon's agonized cries echoing through the passageway.

"By the Sevens," Alicent murmured fervently, invoking a prayer for her child's safety as she quickened her pace toward Rhaegar's cabin.

Arriving at the hatch, Alicent kicked it open with fierce determination, ignoring the pain shooting through her feet.

Inside, she was met with a harrowing sight: Aegon, cornered and begging for mercy, while Rhaegar stood over him, brandishing a scorching steel bracelet.

Fury coursed through Alicent's veins as she bellowed, "Stop! Release him now!"

Turning to face Alicent's wrathful advance, Rhaegar's demeanor changed and she forcibly pushed past him, allowing Alicent to cradle the sobbing Aegon in her arms.

With a clatter, the steel bracelet fell to the floor, leaving scorched marks on the wooden surface.

Alicent's shock and indignation surged at the sight before her.

Confronting Rhaegar with fury, she lashed out, "You madman! Aegon is your brother, yet you would subject him to torture with a burning bracelet!"

Rising to his feet, Rhaegar brushed off his wounded pride and retorted icily, "I am not Aegon. He may torment his sister, but I refuse to persecute my own brother that way."

He pulled the steel bracelet from the ground, seemingly unaffected by the searing heat, and cast a scornful look at the stunned Aegon.

"Only a coward would prey on defenseless girls while lacking the courage to face a true challenge," he taunted, his voice dripping with contempt.