Of Sons and Mothers

[ A/N: Keep an open mind for this Chapter. √∆•]

Incest was one of the most controversial topics in the Nine Realms. Either that of the Van Imperia royal family currently toppled from reign, or even to the plebeian commoner families trenching it out in the undercity self-governed by the gambling overlords. It was such scandal that never ceased from the mouth.

The situationship of a father bedding it out with his girl child after a drunken night, or a bar wench mum whose kiss of goodnight always turned into something else with her boy when his sailor father was away; these stories made for hot gossip and good punchline in night taverns.

However, only highborn families could bear the open weight of wedding siblings—just like a fortnight ago when news had reached the Corynthian isles that the Governess of the Republic of Rocasus had just put to bed. . .again. And this new boy child bore striking resemblance to her one and only twin brother.