"I can patch you up. You'll be fine."
Sitting on a desk, Lyarra winced as she raised her skirt slightly so that her knee was exposed. An ugly graze was instantly apparent, streams of blood running down her shin, dry brown stains around her knee. She had gained the injury during a play-fight with Ostyn, but she wasn’t going to tell Elaena that, lest her older sister attempt to scold the stable boy.
“Thank you,” she mumbled, “I didn’t want to tell the maester because he’d get me in trouble by telling father, but it just hurt too much to ignore.” She paused and studiedher sister’s expression. “You’re absolutely certain you can do this, right?”



















