Chapter 1

He saw her begin to tremble. Sansa Stark a stood beside her dire wolf, looking more frightened then before in front of Ser Elyn, the royal executioner. The hound, Sandor Clegane approached, resting a careful hand on the Lady Stark's shoulder. He sees her jump and back away, now looking more frightened, "Do I frighten you girl or is it him?" He rasped, his voice thick with fatigue from a long day's travel. Before Sansa could speak, Prince Joffrey approached, dawned with a wicked grin. "Does he frighten you m'lady? He frightens me to." Sandor bowed his head to the Lannister boy, while his eyes landed on the ground. "Be away Dog you scare m'lady." Joffery mocked Sandor bowed his head solemnly wishing, he wasn't sent away like the royal dog he was. Wishing he could protect one more person from the wrath he knew Joffrey could unleash.

Sansa smiled at the boy prince. Thinking that he was everything that she dreamed of, with his golden hair and emerald eyes. She couldn't wait for the day she could bare him an heir with similar features. "Thank you my prince" Sansa smiled with the joy of a girl's hopes and dreams in her eyes.

Sandor stood grooming his horse, as all the things that Joffrey could do to that little Stark girl passed through his head. He was so lost in those thoughts that he did not realize that Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell had come into the stables. "Excuse me Ser Clegane" Lord Eddard Stark said as he gestured to his horse which behind Stranger, Sandor's mighty war horse. Sandor looked over at Lord Stark. "I am no Ser" Lord Stark had moved to his horse and observed Sandor briefly before nodding and returning to his horse. "Then what are you then"

The question took Sandor a back a moment but his facial expressions remained the same. "I am the princes dog, Nothing more"