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Chapter 1: Prologue

As long as Jaime could remember, it had always been Cersei. When he thought of his future, it was Cersei he pictured. Cersei by his side, Cersei chasing their little golden children around Casterly Rock, Cersei and him running free. A foolish thought perhaps. Especially foolish, for as he mooned after his sister, she was in turn mooning after Rhaegar Targaryen and picturing little golden princes and princesses with purple eyes.

Cersei as queen, a goal of his mother’s that his father couldn’t quite let go, a promise whispered to Joanna Lannister on her deathbed. Their golden lioness a queen, and a Lannister grandchild on the throne. A pretty picture to be sure. A picture that should have been easy to paint for all that his father had done for the king.

Aerys Targaryen had been nothing without Tywin Lannister, and the realm knew it. The backbone of his reign, the steel fist behind the King’s word. None would dare betray Aerys Targaryen with Tywin Lannister’s backing, except perhaps Tywin Lannister himself. Good enough reason for any sane king to reward such a staunch ally. Ensure his continued loyalty and military support by making his daughter a queen. Any sane king would have thought the same.

Aerys Targaryen, the second of his name, was many things, sane not among them.

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