I never expected to update so much when I started to upload again; but I think it's because of all your lovely reviews! They put a big smile on my face when I get an email :D Also I have been doing pictures on Instagram and Deviantart, you're welcome to have a look and even submit pictures of scenes and of Shilo. I'd love to see them!

Deviantart page : gallery/59126324/Before-the-Sun-sets

abcdefg1999 - Thank you so much! I'm glad you're enjoying it =] Originally Oberyn was going to be a MASSIVE part of the story but he;s slowly became not a big part. He'll be in the story a bit more; but I think I should change the story tags because Oberyn may only be important whilst she's in the capital. Whilst she's in Kings Landing though, Oberyn will play a part in Shilo's story.

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Vikihungerrgame1 - It's alright, but I hope you're going to review a lot more now, I really enjoyed reading your review! (I LOVE the big, long ones!) I'm glad you like Shilo, good thing too, because we have and will be spending a lot of time with her! I keep hoping I'm not making her too 'Mary Sue', but I do try to show that she's not perfect. She can be brave and smart, and she loves her family but she can run her mouth and she does get scared sometimes, but she tries not to show it! The thing with Loras became a bigger thing then planned, but I really love it now and I wouldn't change it. I really think that the two of them just need a friend, and they definitely found that in each other! Yea, the Olenna moment was an ideal moment of Shilo running her mouth, thank the Gods that Olenna took it so well! I'll see if I keep Oberyn in, I'm still not sure about that, but if I do get rid of him I don't think I'll be making Ellaria as psycho as she is in the show but I think I'll be adding Arianne Martell. I was to see this happy dance! :D That was the idea with the Willas story line, but again not so sure. I'm still trying to sort things out! But that may be Olenna's plan to keep Shilo safe. Your English was fine, don't worry about it!

SnowFlake2410 - I knew you would like the Loras/Shilo interaction; and I was positive you'd say something haha! I was just waiting for your review! Hmm...Shilo and Loras getting it on...that's an image and a half! I don't know if Loras would actually be down for that though; but you're right. Jon's been getting busy with Ygritte.'Not knowing things'. And yes, Oberyn is being a bit of a fuckboy. His story line has completely changed from when I first started this story. (I don't blame you, Pod has skills...I mean he got his money back so he must be good!...and Daniel Portman looks good!) A night out with Dany, Tyrion, Loras and Shilo would be something, wouldn't it? And stop you! Or I may end up putting a little LorasXShilo in.

SwedishFanfictionLover -Haha They have become two of the main characters in the story, and I love writing them together!

DianneBaquiran - Thanks so much the review! I love writing Loras/Shilo so much I forget there's other people in the story!

"And you're sure of this?"

The younger woman nodded. She knew what she had heard, but actually relaying the information on was difficult. She needed to be confident about what she said, no stuttering and she needed to get every bit of information out. This was important. She'd been trusted to get this information, but she didn't want to pass anything on until she had more. She needed to be absolutely certain.

"I don't need a silly little hand maiden to pass on false information and make me look like a fool." The older and more powerful woman told the hand maiden, her voice demanding the truth and more importantly, demanding submission.

"I..I swear. This is what I heard. She spoke to her both her cousin...L-lady Sansa..and..."

The woman snapped, "I'm very aware of the identity of her cousin, get on with it!"

"And to Lady Sansa's handmaiden also."

"And her name?"

"Shae, my lady." Rosalie spoke, she hesitated, unaware of just how much she could trust her source in the Tyrell quarters. "And...one of the handmaidens from...our guests, told me that Lady Shilo and Ser Loras had dinner together yesterday."

"Guests? Try to be a little more vague would you?" She snapped, "We have many guests with us, your stupid girl! Now tell me what you know!"

"Yes, my lady. Sorry! My lady." Rosalie stuttered. "Lucy Rowan of House Goldengrove; she's in the Tyrell parties. One of the handmaidens whom to Lady Margaery or her grandmother. Lucy said when Lady Shilo and Ser Loras had lunch, they became rather tipsy and spoke of past relationships."

"Hmmm...this is interesting." She mused, "Thank you Rosalie. You may go now."

Cersei Lannister poured herself a large drink of wine, the same wine that her soon-to-be husband and little friend had drank the day before. Poor little fools, it was clearly too strong for them causing their minds to numb and secrets to spill. Fortunately for Cersei, she'd had a lot more time to get used to any wine and her lips wouldn't loosen quite so easily. She was glad the maid was gone, the insolent girl was annoying. Cersei was no fool, she saw right through the little act. Rosalie had been trying to impress her but Cersei had heard long ago about the Arryn's little affair with Nedd Stark's bastard. She knew of her confession to Sansa's handmaiden; Rosalie wasn't the only one to overhear that little conversation, but Cersei had known far longer then that. Since their visit to Winterfell in fact, she had seen the looks shared between the two. She heard the murmurs of their sweet nothings being whispered to each other. Cersei knew then what was going on between them, she wasn't blind; she doubted Lord and Lady Stark were. Knowing Lord Stark he was probably turning a blind eye but Cersei had first noticed because of Lady Stark's glare at the bastard. At first Cersei had simply thought it was only because of the presence of the bastard, Cersei would fume at the presence of Robert's bastards, but then she had followed the bastards line of sight. He had been staring at the Arryn girl with big, doe eyes, and even better, she looked back with the same smitten look. How delicious, Cersei had wondered even back then how she could use this to her advantage.

When Cersei had first realized, her first instinct was it was disgusting. The bastard and Shilo were practically cousins, nevermind he is a bastard; but she and Jaime are twins. They had a far more intimate relationship, one that Shilo and Jon could dream of, Cersei thought. There was nothing wrong with keeping it in the family, right? The Taragryens had been doing it for centuries; at least that's what Cersei and Jaime always each other. There was nothing wrong with what they were doing, the queen regent took a drink of her wine, it was too fruity for her tastes. She preferred something a bit more bitter; she smirked, she never imagined to think so much about the affair with the bastard. It seemed ludicrous to her, why the bastard? If she were the Arryn girl, she'd keep it within nobilty. What was the point in disgracing your name or body over a bastard? Why not her cousin, why not Robb? Cersei laughed to herself, was she really thinking about this? Why did she care so much? She didn't, of course not but it was something to think about. Something that wasn't about who was trying to take her down today and how.

Rosalie and Lucy had proven to be rather useless. Cersei had hoped they would overhear something that could help her take down the Tyrells and the Arryn. Both were starting to annoy her, instead she hears of Shilo's affair with the bastard and Loras' affair with Renly. Things she had already heard, Cersei had no use for these girls. They were boring. Shilo's affair was dead. She was here in Kings Landing and the Bastard was at the wall. Loras' affair was dead. Loras was here, at Kings Landing and Renly was dead. What was the use in dead affairs? And therefore, dead information. This did nothing for her, this did not stop any wedding. It did not stop Joffrey's wedding to Margaery Tyrell. It did not stop her wedding to Loras Tyrell. And it didn't stop her fathers plan to wed Jaime to Shilo Arryn. Cersei was annoyed, beyond annoyed in fact. She took a large drink of wine, where was Jaime? He told he would visit tonight, he had the other night. After his chat to the Arryn.

She was fearless, Cersei had to give Shilo that. Almost, Jaime had noticed the panic when he grabbed her. What could Cersei do? She needed to stop this wedding, all of them. But how? She couldn't see a way out of Joffrey's marriage to Margaery, but she needed to stop the marriages of herself and her twin. Maybe they would trap themselves? She had heard that Shilo Arryn had been spending quite a bit of time with Oberyn Martell and even more so with Loras. Cersei didn't trust the Tyrells, but she mistrusted the Martells even more. If Oberyn was showing interest in Shilo, there was a reason for it. And worse, such open interest. It was no secret that the Martells didn't like the Lannisters, Oberyn most of all; and he had something planned. Oberyn was flaunting it to her. Perhaps it could work in Cersei's favor, a rumor that Shilo was one of Oberyn's whores. There interactions were still few and far in between; but Loras? Now that was no secret. Loras and Shilo had been seen together a lot. Shilo spent almost as much time with Loras as she did Sansa, if rumors were to spread of a secret affair between these, it would be far more believable. All the time they spent, the closeness, Cersei was proud of herself, but she needed more. A kiss perhaps to seal the deal, something public to set it a blaze. To show the court they were more then just friends. To show her father, that the Arryn girl would never be enough for Jaime.

Cersei stood, downing the last of her wine and threw the empty goblet onto the table as she heard the doors to her chambers open and close just as quickly. She knew Jaime's foot falls well, and she smiled as she him come closer. Cersei turned to her twin and undid her robe, allowing it to slip to the floor and showing her naked body to him.

"It took you long enough, brother."

Sansa sat with Tyrion; the two of them were having lunch together. A rare event, Tyrion would normally eat with Pod or Bronn and Sansa would eat with the Tyrells or her cousin. The two ate in silence, mostly, they would make small talk; asking how each other was and how they kept busy. Tyrion wondered if Sansa knew about Shilo's possible wedding but he doubted it; he had learnt that Sansa learnt a lot from Shilo. Although that wasn't very surprising, Shilo was practically Sansa's sister. They had grown up together, Tyrion supposed it was only natural that Sansa copied some of Shilo's habits. He had seen in Winterfell that the other younger ones had picked up on the habits of Shilo, Robb, Jon and Theon. Arya would run her mouth before thinking, Tyrion wasn't sure whom she got that off. The four older ones all seemed to have that habit, and Tyrion assumed that the had picked that up off someone. A never ending cycle. Bran was curious but cautious about the royal guests; something he had picked up from all of them but Theon. And the youngest, well, he was still a baby when Tyrion saw him. Still small child, he was at a very impressionable age. Tyrion had noticed that when something really annoyed Shilo, she would vent. This habit had been passed onto Sansa, and thankfully it was mostly Margaery or Shilo or Shae that heard Sansa's vents; but Tyrion had fell victim to some of the vents. Which he listened to and then listened to a sympathetic smile when Sansa would finally stop and apologize.

"Sansa?" Tyrion started, waiting to see that he had his wife's attention. "I would ask you not to repeat this, but this is Kings Landing after all and rumors seem to spread like wildfire. I've heard that my father is planning on asking the king to excuse my brother from the Kings Guard."

"Why would he do that?"

"Oh? You can't think of any reason?" Tyrion asked, "He plans to marry Jaime to Shilo, and when the wedding is over, I imagine they would go back to Casterly Rock and have pretty little babies."

"No...I need Shilo here. She's the only one I've got left!" Sansa cried.

"Oh, I didn't mean to upset you. I just didn't think it fair that you hear because of a few whispering maids."

"T-thank you. Does Shilo know?"

Tyrion nodded, "Indeed, apparently she and Jaime had a little spat over it a few days ago."

Sansa laughed lightly. That certainly sounds like her.

"I'd hate to see Shilo go." Tyrion admitted, "She certainly knows how to keep things interesting, doesn't she? You don't need to worry, despite a few choice words, Jaime took her in good humor. She should think herself lucky that she said those things to Jaime and that he was in such a...forgiving mood."

Sansa nodded, "I'll make sure to tell her. Your father couldn't really make Ser Jaime leave the Kings Guard, could he?"

"Not my father, no. The King however. That's another story."

"I'm aware. I remember when he dismissed Ser Barristan."

"Such a shame, Barristan was a brilliant knight."

Sansa reached up and touched the hair pin in her auburn hair. It was a simple pin, one her mother gave to her. On it was a small trout, Sansa took it out of her hair and played with it. It felt good to have something of her mothers. It made it feel like her mother was still alive or at the very least, still near her. Sansa could sense Tyrion's eyes on her and the sad smile also. She knew that in his own strange way he did care about her, but it wasn't in the way that a husband should care about his wife, and for that, Sansa was rather glad. Instead it was a rather friendly kind of care. When she stopped eating after hearing about the deaths of her mother and brother, Tyrion had persuaded her to eat and since then asked her to eat at least one thing during a meal. Tyrion would make sure that there was always fruit in their rooms, she had started to nibble during the days and soon began eating more at meals. Sansa had taken note that whilst Tyrion had been to drunk to do anything on their wedding night, he had not tried to consummate their marriage since. It was no lie that Sansa had not wanted to marry Tyrion and even now, she wished she was not married, but he had never been unkind to her and always looked out for her best interests.

"Tyrion?"

"Yes?" He looked at her, rather shocked. That had to be one of the first times...if not the first time that Sansa had ever called him by his name.

"Thank you."

"For what, my lady?"

"Your kindness." Sansa stood, "Excuse me, I wish to visit the Godswood."

Tyrion nodded as she left, that went better then expected.

"Uncle, pleased to see you could make it."

Shilo held back the urge to roll her eyes at Joffrey's sneer to his uncle. Shilo hadn't wanted to make anything worse and had made sure she had gotten to the room of the small council on time. Lord Tywin sat at the head of the table, even with Joffrey in the room, it was clear just who was really in charge. Shilo sat on the left hand side of Tywin, keeping a seat between them. As Jaime entered the room, Joffrey sat on the right side of Tywin and Jaime knew to take the seat in between his father and Shilo, when everyone was seated, Jaime turned to his father.

"May I ask what this is about?"

Tywin gave his son a sharp look. "You know what this is about, don't play games."

"This is about your wedding uncle." Joffrey exclaimed, clearly taking glee in the annoyance of Jaime and Shilo.

"Forgive me, my lords, I was unaware that a Kings Guard could wed, let alone the Lord Commander." Shilo said in a voice mocking innocence, "Or is is double standards for him,being a Lannister?"

"Watch your mouth, girl." Tywin snapped.

"What it is with your Lannisters calling me girl?" Shilo snapped back, allowing her innocent mask to fall.

Jaime, not wanting to see the king loose his temper, little would save the Arryn girl from the kings wrath; he placed his hand on hers, which was laid upon the table, "Easy now, you wouldn't want to get off on the wrong foot with your in-laws so early on, would you?"

Joffrey sneered at the two of them, and Tywin, smart to his sons tricks, watched them.

"Now, what is this about Father?" Jaime asked again and letting her hand go, "I gather this is about our wedding, but what about it?"

"We're thinking about setting a date." Tywin admitted, catching Shilo's shocked and almost sad expression, "Joffrey is to marry the Tyrell girl in about a week. Your sister wishes for her wedding to be two weeks after, yours will be two weeks after that."

Jaime's expression sobered. "So soon?"

"We could bring it closer Uncle,if you wish?" Joffrey taunted, "You could have a double wedding with mother, if you like? Twins share everything, right?"

Shilo saw Jaime's jaw clench and nudged his leg with hers. She noticed how his expression softened almost immediately after, looking at her from the corner of his eyes. He wouldn't risk a smile in front of Joffrey, he knew what Shilo was doing. Jaime had stopped her from snapping anymore before and she was returning the favor; maybe she felt bad about the conversation they had a few days prior. Jaime had stopped that thought before he'd completely thought it and scoffed at himself. He wasn't that stupid and she was completely stubborn. He knew that they both wanted this to be over with as quickly as possible.

"Would I have to leave the Kingsgaurd, father?"

"I'm willing to come to a compromise Jaime." Tywin spoke, "For now, you will remain in the Kingsguard. The week in between your sisters wedding and your own, the king will release you from the kings guard and announce the engagement. After the wedding,you and your wife will leave for Casterly Rock."

"Do I have choice?" Jaime asked, already knowing the answer."

"No."

"Is that all?" Shilo spoke up, ignoring the kings glare. "I have plans."

Tywin smirked, although a bit annoyed. "Yes, we are done. And may I suggest Lady Shilo? That you limit your contact with Loras Tyrell, he will soon be your brother; and we don't need the people talking any more then they already are."

Shilo waiting until she was practically already out of the room before answering. "But if he is to be my brother, Lord Tywin, I'll be sure to spend a lot of time with him. As one does with family, as Sansa will also soon be my sister. It's only natural to be on good terms with ones siblings, within reason, that is."

With that Shilo, ran out of the room before any of them of them could call her back. Joffrey was half tempted to send someone after her but Tywin told her there was little point and thy didn't need her present, Jaime was hoping he was going to be dismissed soon.

"It seems you'll have your hands full uncle."

"It seems so."

"Perhaps a belly full of brats will settle her." Joffrey spat before leaving the room.

Tywin waited until he could no longer hear his grandson. "I doubt that will settle her, she's a wild one, that's for certain. She will be hard work."

"Oh, I'm aware father, but out of everyone, father, why her?" Jaime asked in an exasperated tone, again knowing the answer.

"You're not stupid. Stop asking stupid questions. With her, we may secure the Vale. Especially when you put an heir in her; that sickly boy of a brother may not last long. I'm surprised he's lasted this long, and with an heir in her belly, the Vale could be yours. Likewise, when Tyrion eventually puts an heir in Sansa, that will secure Winterfell for us."

"And Cersei marrying Loras secures HighGarden?"

"Exactly."Tywin nodded. "I meant what I said, about her and Loras. There's rumors that there is something..."

"They're just friends father. There's nothing between them more then friendship, you can see just by looking; but I think you and I...all of us really, should keep an eye on Oberyn Martell."

"Indeed."

There you go, another chapter! I hope I didn't ruin any of the Lannister characters. I think I made have made Jaime rather soft though.

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