Nieva could tell something had been bugging her cousins all day but waited until he was alone in his tent before she confronted him about it.

"I don't want you to think I'm prying but what is happening between you and Lady Talisa?" she asked the moment she stepped into his tent surprising him with her boldness.

"Hello to you too cousin, yes indeed I have had a nice day, have you?" Robb chuckled but Nieva would see something in his eyes that worried her.

"Robb this is serious, you have to tell me" she snapped walking over to sit beside him upon his bed. "It's not just me who has starting to notice you acting different, your lord have started as well, they're becoming anxious"

"Different?" Robb questioned. "How so?"

"You're distracted, ill tempered...it's worrying me" Nieva admitted

"My head is as clear as it was..."

"Have you lain with her?" Nieva asked before he could feed her anymore lies.

Robb reeled back in shock at her question.

"Please just tell me" she said.

He sighed before he leaned forward and put his hands upon his elbows.

"Yes I have"

"Fuck sake Robb!" Nieva snapped getting to her feet. "Why?"

"Because I love her" Robb shrugged. "We love each other"

"Robb you're promised to a Frey girl" Nieva snapped.

"Not anymore I'm not" Robb replied causing Nieva to stare down at him in confusion.

"What?" She questioned.

"I wasn't going to tell you until it was over and done with but, Talisa and I are to be wed, tonight" Robb's voice was so quite that Nieva almost missed what he'd said.

"What?" She snapped.

"I asked her to marry me, we wed tonight" Robb repeated.

"You're lying" Nieva said shaking her head in disbelief. "Please tell me you're lying"

"I'm not" Robb replied.

"Robb listen to me!" Nieva hissed crouching down and grasping her older cousins arm. "If you do this, then you put a death sentence on all of our heads! Lord Frey is not a man of reason, he's a man of oath and power both of which you are breaking by annuling this engagement"

"I love her Nieva and I will marry her" Robb said making Nieva feel betrayal in her stomach like she'd never felt before.

"If your father could see you now, he'd be ashamed" Nieva sneered letting go of Robbs arm and storming out of the tent.

She carried on walking until she was deep into the forest surrounding the camp where she sat upon a fallen log and began to sob.

She knew that if Robb married that girl, she would be forced to keep her end of the agreement and marry Lord Freys son as soon as possible, if they were to keep their agreement with Lord Frey. She just hoped her cousin would change his mind in enough time.


Later that night Robb and Talisa snuck into the forest where they met a septon under one of the old weirwood trees and said their eternal vows of love to each other.

Unknown to the two newly weds, two women were watching them at the edge of the forest. One in disspointment, the other in hatred and hurt.

"It is done" Lady Stark sighed, for the first time feeling disappointed in her son. "Now we just wait for the consequences of his stupidity"

"I will set off for House Frey in the morning, I shall be there by night fall and hopefull be wed the next day" Nieva said trying not to show the hurt or fear in her voice.

"No you can't..." Catelyn tried to plead but Nieva cut her off.

"I shall hopefully get there before Robb sends his raven telling Lord Frey that his wedding is off" Nieva continued watching as Robb and Talisa mounted his horse and rode back to camp. "If we are to keep our heads then one of us has to stick to our agreement" She turned to face her aunt with a single tear upon her cheek. "I will protect you to the best of my ability, but I'm afraid I will not be able to do the same for Robb"

She clicked her horse into a trot and headed back towards the camp

Catelyn could feel the betrayal Nieva felt towards her older cousin. They were supposed to go to their future spouses together and protect each other. Now Robb had not only broken the promise with Lord Frey but with his cousin as well.

Catelyn knew which one would never be repaired.


Nieva made sure to wait until the rest of the camp was asleep before she began to pack what little she would be taking with her to the Twins. All the while trying to debate on weather to tell Eirra to stay here and help with the battle or take her with her. In the end Nieva figured that if Robb was stupid enough to betray her then he no longer deserved her help.

She saddled Frost as quietly as she could, the only men awake were those on guard duty who watched her with suspicious eyes.

She walked quietly to where Lord Bolton was standing guard outside her aunt Catelyns tent. The stern male looked towards her in concern and confusion as she reached into her cloak and pulled out the letter she'd written for her aunt.

"Give this to her when she wakes, tell her I'm sorry but it's best this way" Nieva could barely see through the tears in her eyes, yet surprisingly her voice remained steady.

"Where are you going?" Lord Bolton asked standing to his feet.

"The Twins" Nieva replied. "Don't suppose you fancy coming to a wedding" she said with a chuckle before her smile dropped as tears began to escape her eyes.

"Do you want me to come with you?" The lord asked.

"No I'll be alright on my own, besides Robb needs you here"

"If you like I could have you arranged to marry my bastard, he'd like a strong Northern girl like you" Roose smiled.

Nieva gave a soft smile back. "It's a kind offer Lord Bolton, but I need to keep this agreement. One of us has to remember what my Uncle taught us about keeping our word"

"Be safe my lady" Roose Bolton said as he took the letter from her hands.

"And you Lord Bolton" Nieva smiled before she made her way back to Frost and mounted the gelding.

She took one last look up at the Stark banner flying over her tent then set off for the exit of their camp.