Robb's quick departure back to the negotiations had allowed Margaery a chance to breathe and compose herself. Cassana had been returned to her rooms to nap, allowing her to build up her energy and grant her mother a chance to collect her thoughts.
She had spent an hour staring at the secret door in her room, wondering and debating with herself how long she could restrain her impulses. While she had always acted carefully and with extreme calculation, Robb seemed able to send her better senses back into the ether. She had acted on instinct before when she joined him in his bed. The result may not have been wise, but she had never regretted it.
But there was Renly. Always Renly.
He didn't bother to visit Margaery in her rooms to bid her farewell before departing on his hunt. Varys did, being the one to inform her when Renly had left. There were also subtle references to her relationship to Robb, but nothing was achieved or revealed on either end. He wouldn't betray her, not when her family held the power.
Finally free of worrying over her husband's presence, Margaery collected her daughter and dismissed her guards, as well as ladies. She simply wished to be alone with her child, as well as her lover. There would be less eyes on the beach than there were in the gardens.
She watched Cassana from her blankets as her daughter played in the sand, building a small mound (meant to be a castle) when Robb approached. Pulling her shawl about her shoulders, she got to her feet to greet him, keeping Cassana in her sight line (though she was out of ear shot).
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Date: 2016-12-12 06:14 pm (UTC)She had spent an hour staring at the secret door in her room, wondering and debating with herself how long she could restrain her impulses. While she had always acted carefully and with extreme calculation, Robb seemed able to send her better senses back into the ether. She had acted on instinct before when she joined him in his bed. The result may not have been wise, but she had never regretted it.
But there was Renly. Always Renly.
He didn't bother to visit Margaery in her rooms to bid her farewell before departing on his hunt. Varys did, being the one to inform her when Renly had left. There were also subtle references to her relationship to Robb, but nothing was achieved or revealed on either end. He wouldn't betray her, not when her family held the power.
Finally free of worrying over her husband's presence, Margaery collected her daughter and dismissed her guards, as well as ladies. She simply wished to be alone with her child, as well as her lover. There would be less eyes on the beach than there were in the gardens.
She watched Cassana from her blankets as her daughter played in the sand, building a small mound (meant to be a castle) when Robb approached. Pulling her shawl about her shoulders, she got to her feet to greet him, keeping Cassana in her sight line (though she was out of ear shot).
"I wasn't certain if you would come."