Myrcella is alive. Myrcella is safe. Myrcella is home.
Nothing else matters, for the time being. Cersei shall go back to fretting
over Tommen and worrying about Jaime, wishing him home, wishing him back
in her arms on the morrow; today, ‘tis only her daughter that is of any concern.
Upon reuniting, they embraced for so long it felt like hours passed, and Cersei
buried her nose in her girl’s hair; even fragrant with Dornish s pices and oils,
she still smelled like Myrcella, like the daughter born and raised by Cersei’s
own hands.
Just now, Myrcella is napping, resting up after the journey that no doubt
proved long and difficult for a girl so unused to travel. Cersei has asked the
cooks to prepare a meal of her favorite foods for dinner; in the meantime, she
pulls Kellel into her study, sitting him down in the seat across from hers at her
desk and pouring two hearty glasses of sweet, strong wine.
“I confess,” she says, the glimmer of a mother’s joy never leaving her
gaze, “I thought the task impossible. I had nearly resigned myself to never see-
ing her again. How did you do it?” Takes a sip, then clarifies: “How did you
find her, and how did you bring her back?”