Rumors that your mother and Criston Cole, a member of the king's guard, were having an affair before your mother was married were rumors that everyone at court was afraid to talk about.

But of course they had somehow reached your ears as well.

And these rumors were reason of why Criston Cole treated you and your brothers, Jacaerys, Lucerys, and Joffrey, terribly since your childhood.

The thing is, these rumors were true. And what no one knew was that Ser Criston once wanted to marry your mother, Rhaenyra, and escape to Essos. But he was rejected by your mother.

That's why, over the years, he had developed a hatred for both your mother and her children.

He treated your Brothers terribly, making sure they were disgraced on the training field or in court. But you had been a slightly different matter from the beginning. He hated you too. Rhaenyra didn't have a child who wasn't hated by criston.

But as the days went by, you became more and more like your mother, Rhaenyra. Criston's obsession with you, which he didn't want to admit to, was growing.

He was mean to you sometimes too, but it was very hard for him to do that.

Just to overcome his obsession with you, Criston broke his vow once again and began an affair with Queen Alicent.

However, it seemed that Alicent had noticed Criston's gaze towards you. And the queen was jealous of this.

Alicent invited you to her room today. What started as a conversation to get some words out quickly turned into an argument. And it ended with Alicent slapping you in the face.

After the slap, you quickly left the room. However, in the hallway, you bumped into the person you would most dislike bumping into in this situation. Ser Criston.

Criston examined you, his brows furrowing before he could help it when he saw the handprint starting to form on your cheek. He knew he had to get away from you. He knew he shouldn't have said a single word to you. However, when he saw you in this situation, he couldn't help his anger.

"Who did this?"