Well, I don’t even need to say that @elasticminotaurpyre was the one who proofread it, right? 😅 I also asked for his opinion a lot on a few things, and I think it turned out really good. I hope you enjoy it ❤️
Bran and Arya might want to accompany their father. He had imagined that much. Bran out of concern, Arya because she would never accept being left behind if she knew Jon was involved. But the question that came next did not come out.
Is Sansa coming too?
Catelyn seemed to hear it all the same.
“Yes. Bran and Arya are coming.” The pause was brief, but enough. “Sansa as well. Though I suspect she is being made to come.”
Jon kept his face still.
Or tried to.
Catelyn continued, with a more evident edge of hardness. “Sansa is well-bred enough to know that, at this moment, her place should be at the young king’s side.”
Young king.
Joffrey.
The name came with a foul taste. Jon imagined gold, red, a crown, a firm hand on Sansa’s waist. The image came too quickly, too vividly, and he crushed it before it could fully take shape.
“Then you understand why I ask,” Catelyn said. “What is so grave that Ned must come here immediately, bringing all the children, even knowing Sansa’s duties?”
Jon had been expecting those questions for days. Since Robb had written the letter. Since it had become clear that Ned would come. Since Catelyn had begun watching him with that look of a woman who sensed danger but did not yet know from which side it would come. Robb had been busy with Wynafryd and little Rickard, with servants, lords, messages, and the weary joy of a new father. Catelyn had waited. Now she had come looking for answers.
“You will know soon,” Jon said.
“That is not enough.”
“I did not imagine it would be.”
“Then explain.”
Jon looked at her. For some reason, he smiled. There was no warmth in the gesture. “I think you may like what I have to tell Lord Eddard.”
Confusion passed across her face before she could hide it.
Jon held her gaze.
And the thought came, cruel.
Would you have treated me like a son if you had known?
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