Ned Stark, the warden of the North, has called his banners up to Winterfell. Amongst those bannermen is Lord Sherwin and his daughter Blair. Blair is promised to Lord Bolton's son, a once known bastard. Will she choose to follow her father's desires...
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"And you just happened to forget to tell us about the meeting between you and Roose," Blair yelled at Rorich. Who did he think he was? He may be the Lord of her house, but he had no right keeping the meeting a secret from her. Did he think that she wouldn't find out? We were all in this hell together.
Several moments of silence filled the room. Aleks had arrived to the dinner just in time to hear Robb's announcement about departing to meet with Walker Frey. He was glad that the food wasn't cold because he couldn't remember the last time he had a good meal.
Aleks raised his eyebrow to Blair as he heard the news who returned a glare. He took another sip of his wine as the dots connected in his head. He didn't know if Blair loved Robb, but it was obvious that Blair had a soft spot for their King. He quickly determined that it was a touchy subject, just like the last boy she had a crush on. He shook his head unable to remember what the boy's name was, but he would never forget how bright red his little sister's face was.
"Rorich, remember we are all stuck in this shit situation together. What was it about? Don't start acting all high and mighty now that you have father's title" Aleks replied with a calm demeanor. He was done dealing with a scheming brother.
"It was about Ramsay. I wanted to make sure that Ramsay was treating you with care. I didn't think you wanted to sit in the room when we talk about what your beloved may or may not have been doing to you," Rorich spat back at the two Sherwin siblings.
Blair took another sip of her fruity wine as she backed down from her brother. She did exactly what Rorich expected her to do. Ramsay was a topic she dared not discuss in fear of losing the alliance. Blair liked to believe that if one of her brothers heard how Ramsay had been torturing her brother's would put a stop to the marriage, but as of late she didn't know if she could trust Rorich.
Aleks' however, was another story. "What did he say?"
"He said Ramsay was not the perfect gentlemen, but he is learning. He was raised a bastard, so he isn't used to acting as a gentleman," The lie rolled off Rorich's tongue resulting in Aleks to appear to back off. Aleks let his brother believe that the discussion was over, but it was only beginning.
"Now if you two are done interrogating me, I need to go retrieve some maps," Rorich said before leaving his tent.
The second Aleks could no longer hear his brother's footsteps, he walked towards the maps that were scattered on his brother's desk.
"Aleks leave his desk alone," Blair said laying down on a small couch. She was in no mood to deal with her snooping brother. If anything the snooping would only cause further tension amongst them.
"Please tell me you didn't believe the lie that came out of Rorich's mouth," Aleks continued to dig through the maps that were placed on his brother's desk.
"We can't fight a war against our enemies if we are far to busy to fighting a war amongst ourselves," Blair replied dragging her brother away from the maps.
Aleks smiles at his younger sister and pulled her in for a hug as Rorich entered the room.
"Come, we need to discuss possible ways to protect our King," Rorich threw a map of the twins along with a rough map of the castle.
Rorich waited for his brother and sister to talkback, but they quickly sat down at a table looking through the maps with him.
"If someone wanted to kill the King, it would happen in here," Blair pointed at the roughly drawn floor plans of the twins that her great grandfather had drawn.
"Ok how do we prevent it?"
"When we enter their main hall, we will have our army line in the doorway to make sure that they cannot close the large doors that allow entrance to the dining hall. The dining hall has what appears to be a balcony which would be perfect placement for Walker Frey's archers or men with crossbows. If there is bread and salt then the King is safe," Blair said without taking her eyes off of the map.
"So you are saying that if Walter Frey plans on killing Robb Stark then he would have to lock him in the main hall?" Blair gave Rorich a confused look as he repeated what she just said.
"Yes, If our King or anyone for that matter is locked in the dining hall then they are sitting ducks. They would be armed, so there is a chance they could survive. Most wouldn't survive tho," Blair replied back focusing on keeping her voice steady.
"Blair and Aleks will you join me side by side as we ride to House Frey tomorrow and hopefully prepare for the wedding?" Rorich said smiling at his siblings. It had been some time since he had spent time with his siblings, plus the more time he spent with his brother and sister the less likely they are to betray him.
After discussion of minor topic of war such as food supplies and overall demor, Rorich bid goodnight to his brother and sister.
He waited in his tent and after an hour or so he walked over towards Roose's tent to tell him the potential plan. Not only the plan that he told his siblings, but the one to end the Stark's reign.
Little did his siblings know, but they were crucial in saving thousands of lives in useless bloodshed. They would be heroes. House Sherwin would no longer be a disappearing house. They will soon reign by the Bolton's side as wardens in the North. Rorich smiled at the thought of his little sister becoming the wardeness of the north. The North already loved her, so the title is fitting.
Rorich couldn't wait to tell Alek and Blair about the plans to bring their house to power, but he reminded himself to be careful. The less they knew the better.
