I'm sorry you had to wait that long. My brain is melting right now, 40 degrees Celsius in the shadow are just too much for me.
Rayne pov
Today is the Day.
Jon would finally come back and I still didn't know what to do. Should I leave? Should, I stay and face them? Could I endure the sight of them together?
I was pacing up and down the tower of winterfell when we heard her army march up. Alina was in the yard, and looked me up and down.
"Gods Rayne! Calm down! His arrival shouldn't affect you like this anymore. He is no one, we are no one." She said as she stopped me and looked deep in my eyes.
"Don't be so nervous you done have to greet them if you don't want to, I will welcome him back properly." She told me as she began to play with her dagger.
"Alina! We went through this, you can't hurt or kill him." I admonished her.
"Oh come on a little cut dosen't hurt him so Bad."
"Probably not but you would go into a cell for this and let's be honest, he really isn't worth that." I lied to her. I knew she could see right through my lie but she didn't say anything back, also knowing that the 'Jon topic' was still a touchy one for me.
"Look, look. What my sore eyes found here, what are my fine Ladies discussing? You know that I love you both the same, right?"
Came Dagonets voice suddenly from behind me as he slung an arm around each of us. Alina and me looked questioningly at each other before we brust out laughing while shaking his arms off.
"Ugh don't you have someone else to bother with your presence?" Alina asked annoyed.
"And miss the opportunaty to talk to you lovely ladies? I don't think so." He answered her with a bright smile.
These two had become like fire and ice, they couldn't work with another but without the other it was to boring for them. It was always amusing to watch them fight, Dagonet had the same big mouth as Alina. But they always got my mind off of Jon, for a short Periode.
"I was actually looking for you Rayne." Dago brought me out of my thoughts.
"Me? What do you want?" I asked suprised
"Why do you always think I would want something from you? Maybe i'm here to give you something."
"Okay, what do you want to give me?" I challenge him.
"I want to give you an escape to all this 'Welcome back, King in the north' Drama. How about we go sparing instead?" He asked.
That was a brillant idea, the sparing yard was at the back of the castle. I wouldn't even know when exactly he would be back.
"Are you crazy, she had to fully recover first." Alina immediatly said but Dago didn't even notice her Protest. He was only looking at me, waiting for my answer.
"That would be absolutly awesom." I finally said.
"Hello? Do you two even listening to a word I say? The Maester told you to go slow, not to jump back to fighting or Training." Alina rant.
"And how can YOU" she turned to Dagonet and began poking his chest "even suggest such a thing?"
"Oh come on, calm your horses. Of course I would go easy on her." Dago tried to calm her
"We don't have time for her to make a full recovery."
"Alina, I won't overdo it, I promise. This is the perfect chance for me to flee from all of this." I pleaded with her.
She still wasn't satisfied with the idea but could see that it was a lost case.
"Don't come to me when the Maester put you on bedrest again." She said and walked away.
"Come on Dago, I know you can swing harder. Or should I get the princess some tears with honey?" I teased Dagonet because he wouldn't Swing his sword as good as I know he could. He was treat Ing me like a little girl that never hold a sword before.
"I don't need honey, I'm a real man and real man suck bees empty." He answered.
I brust out laughing at his answer.
"You what?" I asked him but before I got an answer he stroke again. This time with all his strength, this is what I'm talking about. Finally that Training got interesting, we would attack and parry our hits. I finally find my rythm again and used my advantage of being smaller and faster. The next time he attacked I paaried and turned myself around his back, and kicked him. He fell face forward into the mudd, as he got up and looked at me I couldn't help myself to let a full belly laughter out. I laughed so hard that tears began to form at my eyes of it, when I looked up all fun vanished.
There on a Window, up in the tower was Jon, watching us. With a heartbroken expression.
I immediatly looked away and frozen, not knowing what to do. Did I want him to watch? Did I even want him to see me? No! Not after what he did and he hadn't any right to look so heartbroken.
I made my way over to Dago and helped him up.
"Come on Princess, let's get you cleaned up. I have enough for today." I said as I helped him up.
We made our way out of the yard and all the way I could feel his eyes on me. I would have nothing liked better to just look at him, admire him, but my heart clenched everytime I thought about what he had done.
As I made my way back to my room a Gnom approached me.
"Sorry to be so forward, my lady but you are Rayne, right? Jons Rayne." He asked
"I'm no ones Rayne, but yes my Name is Rayne. And you are?" I asked irretated
"Wow, a Person who doesn't know the stories of the bad gnom of the Lannisters. You are not from around here, right?" He asked, laughing sarcastically. As he noticed that I wasn't laughing along he recover himself quickly.
"I'm sorry, where are my manners. I'm Thyrion Lannister the hand of the Queen, nice to finally meet you." He introduce himself.
"So Lord Hand, what can I do for you?" I asked still not trusting him. I should have known he was a henchman of the Dragon Queen because I hadn't seen him around here, till now.
"Our Queen is asking for a meeting with you."
"She is not my Queen, I'm still loyal to the King in the north. And why would she even want to meet me? I'm no one." I said a little aggrevated. Who does she think she is, letting herself be introduced as everyones Queen.
"Oh so you don't know. I'm sorry I just..." He began seemingly uncomfortable.
"What is it I don't know ?" I interrupted him, slowly loosing my patience.
"The King, he is no longer the King. He...He bent his knee to the Queen." He said carefully.
I took a step back, like he had hit me. Jon had bent his knee to her. He had taken her as his Queen, literatly. My heart began to clench, my breaths came out short and fast. I felt like I was fainting, my view began to blurr, I stumbeled over to the wall to get a hold onto.
"Lady Rayne! What? You have a panicking attac" Lord Hand said carefully to me as he began to approach me. I let myself slide down the wall because my legs began to tremble, he was immediatly by my side and took my hand and layed it on his chest. I tried to free my hand from his grip but hadn't enough strength because I needed it all to try to breath.
"Lady Rayne you have to take deep breaths, focus on my breathing! In and out, in and out." He said calm. I looked in his eyes and could only see concern for my well being, so I listened to him and tried to Focus on his breathing.
How could Jon do that? He betrayed his people, he knew that they didn't want a southern Queen again. Did Sansa and the others know about that? If we survive Jon will probably marry his Queen, to secure the bond to the north. His decision at Dragonstone to be with her made more sence now, he was trying to secure his sibblings. He sacrificed our love for the well being of his people and i didn't know if I should be more angry or proud because of that.
I slowly calmed my breathing, my legs stopped shaking.
"Rayne! What happened? Thyrion what did you do?" I heard Jons voice come near. I didn't want him near me at the moment, I was more confused then before. I tried to get up, only to suddenly feel his hands on me. It felt like a thunder went trough me where he touched me. I shrugged his hands of, still not able to look at him.
"Thank you for your help, Lord Hand. Please tell the Queen that I'm not feeling well enough for a conversation just yet." I said to Thyrion.
"Of course, my lady. I'm sorry again." He said, and I could see that he really ment it. I just smiled and waved it of.
"Nothing to be sorry, I would have heard it anyway, somewhere else." I said as I tried to leave.
"Rayne!" Jon tried to stopp me again as he tried to take a hold of my hand but I would shook it off. I looked at him, and immediatly felt the pain, the hurt and the anger again.
"My Lords, please excuse me." I said as I fled the situation to face Jon any longer.
