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A slave's return
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"Back to the dungeon with you!" the guard that drags Lanna says with a cruel smile."Such a waste though. She has a nice body." The other answer looking at Lanna up and down before his partner smacks his head."Don't be stupid boy, punishment or no punishment she is the king's woman. Those kinds of words will get you killed.""Come on! She will be exiled anyway, who will care or know if I have my way with her. I certainly will feel like a king."They both laugh as Lanna looks at them with pure terror in her eyes."Pl...please... I swear! I did nothing! I didn't hit her that bad! Please!" Lanna begs.One of them threatens her with something, but Astrid is too overwhelmed to hear. She looks at Loras again, searching for answers in his cold expression."Should I give you my crown too?" He asks the younger guard, the one who was still looking at Lanna in a disgusting way.The guards freeze when they hear the sound of his voice coming from behind them. They don't even there to turn around
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"It can't be!" Astrid answers. "She wouldn't."Lanna may have been an asshole to Astrid a few times since they both became favorites, but to pay someone to kill her? That is too much. They have been here for too little, this place didn't have time to corrupt her that deeply."How sure are you?" Loras asks."Very. And if you don't believe what kind of person she is, if you didn't see how shaken she was last night, then think about it logically. No maid would have agreed to help her. She was here for one night. I was here for three nights at that point, including the sacred day.""So you think you are too superior to Lanna for any maid to try and kill you for her." Loras asks looking amused."I think no maid would have risked your anger for someone who already looked like they lost your favor. I disagree with the harem hierarchy. But I'm not too dumb to understand it." Astrid rolls her eyes. Not everyone has his sense of superiority."I agree." He answers, getting serious again."You do
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After Tamara leaves for the party, Astrid decides to do something stupid.Well, not stupid-stupid, even though Tamara would argue that it is, but something not so smart.The few soft knocks on the door are met with silence. Astrid knows she's inside, but..."Lanna... It's me. Please open." She pleads with her.This conversation is long overdue and even though Astrid knows it's too late to salvage the friendship, Lanna still deserves some explanations. If it wasn't for her, Astrid would have died on that ship."Lanna..." She tries again. But still nothing. Maybe for the best...She's about to give up when she hears some movement. The doors open.Lanna looks better, but that sparkle in her eyes is still gone. The events of the past week transformed her into a shadow of the girl she was when they arrived here. Astrid feels a lump in her throat thinking how contagious and carefree her laughter was when they played at the fountains."I just want to talk..."Lanna looks at her for a moment,
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Astrid gets up, the pain in her ankle, nothing compared to the one in her heart. Looking down at the dark abyss below her, she feels nothing. No fear. Why would she? Down there is only death. She laughs to herself. Here she is again, in the same point she was on her first day here. All the hopes, the drama, the broken friendship and the fights got her back to the beginning. "Only one step and it's over." She says to herself taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. Hell no! There's a reason she didn't die then. Her life means something more that the love of a man. And after all, no matter how heartbroken she is, taking the easy way out was never something she did. "Lady Astrid?" A eunuch comes in without her hearing a sound. She jumps out of her skin. No matter how long she stays in the harem, she can't get used to how silent they move. "Yes. I am on the balcony." She answers. "The king ordered me to see if you are alright. Did you hurt yourself?" Such a confusing man... Sen
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And God provides. The next day gives all the answers. Unfortunately, they weren't good ones.Tamara is gone in morning. Astrid has to ask another aid to find out that the princess left for a few days to the hunting manor. She left really early in the morning and didn't wake Astrid up to help with the baggage. But she did leave a letter for her.Astrid opens it with shaking hands."Astrid,What I said last night remains true, but I regret the manner in which I said it. I consider you a friend and I care for you even though what I think would be best is different from what you may want. Even so, just know this. Regardless of what you choose, I will stand by you and offer all the help I can.As for this unexpected trip, it wasn't because of our discussion, but because me and my brother have had a disagreement, and as he is my king I want to calm down before I throw him a few words that one can call disrespectful. Take care and see you soon. P.S. Sansa will take advantage of my absence a
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"Lanna?" Astrid asks as she knocks on the door.As always, she doesn't answer right away, but Astrid knows she's in there as she can hear her coming closer to the door."It's me. It won't take long..." Astrid tries again."I don't want to talk now, Astrid." Lanna answers without opening."Five minutes.""No!""Why were you in Lady Sansa's room?" Astrid tries to push it and surely enough Lanna opens the door."Really, Astrid! You are so freaking annoying. Why are you sticking your nose in everything I do? Why should I explain what I do to you? Who the hell do you think you are?" Lanna is red in the face and Astrid takes a step back."I'm sorry. You don't have to explain anything to me. I just wanted to warn you about Sansa... Tamara told me..."Lanna interrupts her."Lady Tamara said, Lady Tamara thinks. Do you think just because she was nice to you she is such an amazing person? Well, guess what, Lady Sansa warned me about Tamara too.""You can't trust Sansa!""Oh, and I should trust
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Astrid looks up at the royal apartments' balcony.And lo and behold, with a smile as if nothing happened, Loras is looking down at them.Esmee is all shades of red, getting small glimpses at the king while Astrid is as pale as a ghost. After last evening's fiasco, she hoped she could avoid him for a bit to put her thoughts in order, but she didn't think he would be the one that calls her.Astrid bows down, certainly not as low as Esmee, but, you know, respectfully enough.Loras is still smiling, not a care in the world and that pisses Astrid off."Let's go inside Esmee. The king wants to admire the view and we are in the way." Astrid says loud enough for him to hear."Ah, Lady Astrid, but the king feels kind today and allows you to stay." He answers, with a tint of provocation in his tone."We thank the king for the generosity, but we should go. It got windy." Astrid answers and it's not a lie. A breeze from the sea reached the palace, cooling off this torrid summer day."Fine then. T
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Astrid expected him to be all smiles like he was in the afternoon when he invited her, but instead, he was distressed. He looks at her up and down and smiles at the outfit, but rather than his usual straight-to-the-sex approach and arrogant smirks, he sighs and invites her into the study.Astrid is surprised and a bit disappointed, but follows him anyway."I exiled Tommen." He drops the bomb as soon as they sit down and Astrid’s face drops."Why?""He was the one that hired that assassin. And he used Lanna to cover it up. That night that we arrived, he was planning to have her killed."Astrid can't process what is happening right now. Tommen? The second prince sent an assassin to kill her? Why?"Why?" Is all she can ask.Loras sighs, not looking too surprised, just very disappointed."When Lysa was pregnant it was a war in itself to keep her and the child alive. Every day something would happen and I ended u having to hide Lysa until she gave birth. Everyone knew it was Tommen, but my
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The heavy doors open and all heads bow in front of her. If the events from earlier wouldn't have opened her eyes, Lysa would think that they all respect her. She looks at her new husband and the dignified way he keeps his back straight and his hand on that decorative sword on his waist. He will find his end tonight. She looks around. They will all find their end. Including her. Two chairs were brought to sit tall on the other side of the room and Lysa walks to sit on one. Lord Connrad joins her soon after and the meeting of the traitors begins. "Noble lords of the kingdom!" Lord Connrad starts his grand speech. "For centuries, our influence was the foundation that the crown used to build this great nation. Every change good or great was passed through our opinions before a king would even consider implementing it. And that brought us to where we are today. On the top of the world. Second only to God's heavens." The Lords cheer in agreement and Lysa simply fails to understand the ne
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"What happened? Where is she?" Astrid bursts into the infirmary with Tamara, confused as hell, running behind her."Forgive me, Lady Astrid! Her stomach started bleeding, suddenly. It may have been more than an indigestion, I believe the stress made a hole inside her guts. She bled out the poor girl.""She was fine a moment ago and now you're telling me that she bled to death?" Astrid shouts, but the medic is already not paying attention to her anymore as she bows to somebody that just came into the room. Astrid turns around, surprised to see Lord Connrad."Thank you for your worry, my lady. My wife would have been honored." He says, barely contenting his smirk. "Your Grace. It's an honor to be in your presence."Tamara doesn't seem to reciprocate the feeling but politely nods at the lord. Since she doesn't know the situation, she is not filled with rage as Astrid is."Forgive me, my lady! My lord! I did everything that was in my mortal power. The rest comes only from God and he was t
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"You look at me as if you just saw a ghost, Astrid." Sansa comments, trying to seem offended, but with a smile hiding behind her lips."I... didn't expect that...""Neither did I. To apologize to a... well, you are not a slave anymore... to a concubine of my brother was not something that I thought I will ever do in this life. But I am not that stuck in my own ways not to see the necessity to do it this time.""And what made you think that?"Sansa sighs."More than one thing I suppose. My brother seems better, happier. I can't ignore the good effect you have on him. You offered him a son, a lovely little baby that even if I hated you, I can't help but adore. You turned around the fate of the war... Maybe I started it, but... I never wanted to go through with it. It was too late when I realized that and I am glad it failed. You didn't take advantage of that victory to push everyone else aside for your own gain. And more than anything you seem to care about this kingdom in a way that on
