They had been in that room and in the attic for almost a year, where no one could hear them, even though their mother had told them it would only be for a few days while she won back their father's favor. You were getting tired of being there and having to take care of the twins, Joffrey and Lucerys, even though you had Jacaerys's help. He seemed to be taking it better; he had truly believed his mother when she told them they now had to wait for their grandfather to die so they could leave.

You had always had doubts: Why did they have to hide from their grandfather's sight? Why was their grandmother Alicent the only person allowed to see them? Every time you tried to talk about it, no one seemed interested. Luke and Joff were too young to understand, and Jace seemed to blindly believe their mother.

When you told your mother your grievances, she would only reply that their grandfather was about to die, that they would receive an inheritance, and finally be able to leave. Rhaenyra only told them why they were so upset with her after a big argument. When she was young, she had been involved with her father's brother, which caused her to be repudiated by the family; she ran away from home with one of Viserys's trusted guards, and from that marriage, you were born.

Within a few months, things had begun to grow tense with your grandmother. She had presented herself from the beginning as a very religious and authoritarian person, even threatening to have them whipped if they disobeyed her. She didn't want you to sleep in the same room as your brothers or use the bathroom at the same time, but now she seemed stranger. You could notice the looks she directed at you and Jace; she took advantage of any moment to imply that you both felt something more than sibling affection, that you were both becoming adults and would soon do the same as your mother, saying: "When the male of the species is born, he knows all about iniquity and wickedness."

Now Jace was leaning against the bed while you cleaned the wounds from the whipping his grandmother had given him after finding you together while you were getting dressed.