If anyone else smiled at her that way, Alys would have put immediately AT EASE, and smiled back just as warmly. But this was a Targaryen prince, the one that everyone knew to be as ‘eccentric’ as his father… but even if he wasn’t, Targaryens weren’t LOVED very much in the North, to begin with.
She practically grew up hearing about their ‘revolting and accursed’ tradition of marrying brother to sister, their conversion to the Faith of the Seven, and the way Torrhen Stark was practically FORCED to kneel to spare the people of the North. Over the decades and centuries, Targaryens had made many marriages and forged bloodlines with five of the kingdoms… except the North and oddly enough, the Westerlands. While everyone was taught to REVERE them, Alys was taught to be WARY of them.
“It isn’t inconvenient at all,” Alys smiled what she hoped was her politest smile, “It’s not like I can do anything here. Every time I try to go into the Kingswood for even a simple ride, the castle’s guardsmen stop me.” It’s hadn’t always been so, but now it was deemed a NECESSARY precaution by the king and his knights, after Prince Viserys’s attempted assassination. She didn’t feel the need to point it out though, as the IMPLICATION hung heavily between them even without the words.
IT SEEMED VISERYS WASN ‘ T THE ONLY ONE WHO ‘ D HAD HIS FREEDOM CURTAILED FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPT . the whole palace seemed to be in a state of waryness . “ i understand the feeling , ” he chuckled . “ although in this state , i couldn ‘ t ride much of anywhere anyway . ”
a pathetic attempt at humor to be sure , but viserys knew little about the ways of better men . he was determined to change , yes , but in what way he was not fully certain .
“ then consider me honored , my lady , by your acceptance . ” ------------ whatever that meant . viserys tried and failed to stifle a wince at his own words . he hoped she ‘ d brush it off as a twinge of pain from his wound . the line had sounded far better in his head . perhaps this wooing thing would be harder than he ‘ d thought . much , much harder .
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