"Stevron! Jayde!" Calls Ryella Swann to her two children.

"Keep it down, woman. Some of us have a hangover." Says a man, holding his forehead with his elbow placed on a table. Ryella rolls her eyes. The joys of owning an inn! She thinks to herself. Jayde comes down the stairs, closely followed by her younger brother, Stevron, who is yawning.

"Have a good night, Samure?" Laughs Jayde to the man with the hangover. He grunts a friendly response and puts his head on the table, falling asleep.

"Jayde, be a dear and water the horses for me." Instructs Ryella.

"Yes, mum." Replies Jayde obediently.

"And take Stevron with you!" She adds.

Jayde goes out to the stables and ties ropes loosely around the two horses necks.

"I want to feed copper!" Says Stevron, taking half a carrot out of his pocket. Jayde nods her approval and Stevron sticks his hand out to offer the white and brown patched horse the carrot. Stevron was very good with the horses for a five year old. He takes out the other half of the carrot and presents it to Jayde's own horse, Shadow. The Black beauty of a horse takes a graceful bite and rubbs her face into Jayde's shoulder. Jayde giggles and strokes her. She then helps Stevron clamber aboard Copper and she leads the two horses down to a nearby lake where they drink. Jayde and Stevron both fill up their skins with water and stroll back up to the inn.

Jayde ties the horses to the gate in the stables and pulls over some hay to feed them. She then sits on the gate and combs Shadow's mane while Shadow happily munches on the hay. She wonders if her uncle, Petyr Tarmound, will visit today and bring them presents from the city. She loves her uncle Petyr, especially when he teaches her how to defend herself with a sword.

"Mum says you have to come in!" Exclaims Stevron right in her ear, causing her to jump.

She gives Shadow's mane one last brush before heading inside.

"There you are, girl!" Says her mother, who is frantically pouring drinks.

"Mother, calm down." Says Jayde, "There's barely anyone in here." Looking around, Jayde can only see Samure who is still sleeping with his head on the table and two suspicious looking merchants who are whispering to each other at the far end of the room.

Her mother grabs another empty flagon and begins to fill it. "But you know how full the place gets at noon, I'm just preparing."

Stevron sits at the other end of the table that Samure's sleeping at. Three men enter the inn laughing and chatting, buy a flagon of wine each, and sit down at a table near the back. When suddenly the door of the inn bursts open to reveal her uncle Petyr, who is out of breath.

"Q-Q-Quick!" He manages to get out, before shutting the door tight. "Hide the girl!" He continues, "Bolton's basterd is coming!"