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Alaric Rivers pov:
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Since the death of Lord Commander Myke Frey the position of Lord commander has fallen to me, and I will have to prove myself to the company, to Lord Walder, and to surpass my mentor Myke Frey in what he did for the company.
After lord Myke's funeral the company and I spent our time at the fighting arenas, the brothels, and at the bathhouses in the eastern side of Agartha.
That lasted for a week before Walder called me into his solar to discuss some things, then had some fun, but all good things come to a end.
Flashback begins:
Walking into the room Lord Walder sat behind his desk looking over pieces of parchment in front of him.
"My lord you asked for me?" I asked, bowing at the waist to him
"Yes, I did Alaric, please take a seat before we begin." Lord Walder said, motioning to the chairs that were before me
Sitting down in one of the chairs in front of his desk, Walder placed a sealed piece of parchment in front of me.
"A year back my uncle sent me this through the Iron bank, they called it his last will and testament, and that I was to open it upon his passing and follow what he wrote in it." He said, picking up the parchment
"My uncle seems to have gotten this idea from the Braavosi, there is a copy at his manor along with another copy with the Iron Bank." He said, breaking the first seal
Breaking the last seal before he began to read out Myke Frey's last will and testament.
I, Myke Frey of House Frey, declare this to be my last will and Testament, and revoke all previous wills and codicils made by me, either jointly or severally.
I am of sound mind and body to make this Last Will.
This Last Will expresses my last wishes without undue influence.
I appoint my nephew Walder Frey Lord of House Frey, lord of the Twins, and Lord of Agartha to be the executor of this Last will.
I leave all my earthly processions, including all my monetary assets, my shares and my seat in the Grey Towers company along with all incomes that come with it, and my position as the Lord Commander of the Red Tridents to my second in command Alaric Rivers.
I Myke Frey surrender any and all claim I have to the House of Frey, along with claim to its lands and incomes, including the claims of any descendants sired by me are null and void.
When Lord Walder finished reading out the Will, he handed it over to me to read myself.
The will was real in every way it could be, it was written in Myke Freys squirrely hand, at the bottom of the parchment was the signatures of witnesses to the Will.
"Alaric I would like to check something about the parchment?" Walder asked, holding out his hand
Handing him the Will, he swished it over a nearby brazier before taking another look at it.
"My uncle left another message in the Will with invisible ink." He said, showing it to me
New words appeared between the lines of the Will, along with the symbol of the Eye next to the signatures at the bottom.
Lord Walder began to read the new massage.
If you are reading this then I am dead and have gone onto see those that left, I very much wish to see my brother again, and see all the friends of my youth again.
Walder if you're reading this then I want you to know how so proud of who you've become, I wish your parents could've been here to see you they would have been so proud of the man you've become.
The only advice I have for you is do as all Freys have done since we had a name, be a master of your own fate do not allow others to dictate it for you.
He finished reading the letter out loud before he placed it in a draw of his desk.
"I called you here for the reading my uncle's Will but also to tell you to meet me at my uncle's manse three weeks from now or should I say your manse." He said with a sad smile
"Why my lord?" I asked confused
"It is to settle some unfinished business, but before you go the manse head to Lys and ask for a woman called Minissa at a brothel called the Emerald Siren, and she will ask you for a password, you will say, "Peaceful Monarch." He said, placing a small parcel on the table
"Then you will be handed two wax sealed vials, and then you will pay her with this package." He said, motioning to the parcel
I grabbed the parcel placing it in my coat.
"Once you have the vials with you will then head to the manse, and wait for me to come." He said, calmly with some force behind his words
I wonder what is in the vials, considering this involves the brave companions soon demise It can be nothing good for the recipients.
"I recommend that you leave tomorrow, so you will have some extra time for any unforeseen circumstances that may arise on your journey." He said, standing up from his chair
He walked to the door opening it for me, "Before you leave tomorrow for Maidenpool use the Frey bathhouse." He said, holding his hand out
I shook his hand firmly before leaving the room, I might take up his offer of using his bathhouse.
Sitting my back to the edge of the pool, I looked around the room and it was befitting of a man like Walder Frey.
Compared to the homes of wealthy magisters and the houses of other lords I have been in, Walder walks a fine line between practicality and grandiose when it came to his home.
Closing my eyes, I drifted off thinking of Walder, he was handsome, smart, and open minded he could look beyond my status as a bastard.
Before I met Walder and his uncle I was stealing more then I ate, I was thirteen name days old on the day I first came into contact with Myke Frey when I tried to steal from a wealthy merchant when he caught me instead of taking my hand and sending me back onto the street.
He took me into his home clothed and fed me, I would do many jobs around the Twins from cleaning to helping maester Harran with his work.
I met Walder when I was cleaning his chamber's, he was a head taller than me with short dark brown hair, dark almond brown eyes, and a narrow face with pale unblemished skin.
Flashback begins:
I hummed to myself while changing the sheets on the bed, when the door to the room opened with a click.
Turning around it was Walder Frey with a group of maids, they were carrying buckets to a copper bathtub in the corner of the room, and dumping the buckets into it, the final maid put a basket full sponges, bottles, rocks, and weird little white blocks next to the tub.
After that all of the maids left the room closing the door behind them as they left.
He turned to me, "You may continue as you were." He said, staring at me wolfishly
I bowed to him, "Yes, Milord." I said, not looking at him
Going back to changing the sheets replacing them with new ones, while doing that I stared at him out of the corner of my eye watching him take his clothes off.
He looked back and I turned away back to doing the sheets, I hope he didn't catch me watching.
"What is your name?" He asked, bring me out of my head
Turning to him, he was laying back in the bathtub with his eyes close.
"My Name is Alaric milord." I said, looking at the ground
I could hear the sound of water moving from the tub.
"Nice to meet you Alaric, look at me." He said calmly
Looking up he was laying against the edge of the bathtub on his arms crossed.
He stared at me with clouded eyes that made it seem like he wasn't all there, since I started working at the Twins was that the other servants had nicknames for Lord Myke, and Walder Frey when they weren't around.
Lord Myke was just called the, "Old Man", the only time that anyone said that to his face was Walder Frey, and I heard that it earned him four hours of straight archery when he couldn't pull the bow string back anymore before the time ended, he was forced to fight his uncle with a staff.
At the end of it all Walder Frey was on the ground he said, "Everything is aches."
"Now you know the plight of this, "Old man." His uncle said, laughing
Walder Frey was called the, "The Dreamer or Dreamy", it wasn't a secret or rumor like his uncle's nickname it was more of an open secret to the servants in the Twins that was spoken by every one of them.
Everyone called him, "The Dreamer or Dreamy", because when he wasn't doing something or other, he was daydreaming about something even when he spoke to others.
"Alaric are you there?" Someone asked, bringing out of my revery
It was Walder staring at me blankly, I don't know how long I was in my head.
"I am fine Milord." I said hurriedly
"Ok then tell me about yourself." He said, laying back into the water
"I was born in a no name hamlet on the outskirts of your lands." I said, fiddling with my hands while I spoke
"If you're nervous take a seat in the chair behind you." He said, not even lifting his head out of the tub
I don't know how he knew that I was nervous, but I sat in the chair behind me.
"You can continue as you were." He said, while scrubbing his head
"I was brought here by your uncle here when I ran into him one day." I said, remembering it like yesterday
"You speak well for a commoner." He said inquisitively
He was laying back relaxed with his head on the edge of the tub.
"My father was a half-maester that failed to forge a full chain at the citadel, and my mother was the daughter of a woodsman." I said
"Do you know what you father did with the rings he did forge?" He asked
Thinking on it for a second, "I think my father sold his rings over the years." I said plainly
"Do you know what links he had?" He asked
"I don't know the names of all the rings, but one was black, another was I think was copper, and the last one looked like gold." I said, counting them off on my hands
"You will do, you may leave." He said, laying back in the water
I don't what he means by, "You will do", but I walked out of his chambers before I could think on it.
Flashback ends:
The next day after that Myke Frey began to train me in the yard along side other boys, but also had me begin lessons with maester Harran with another group of boys.
After a year of training together with the other boys, Lord Myke took me out of the group lessons, and began to train me himself privately but also had me privately tutored by Maester Harran.
I now understand that he was grooming me to be his second in command and his successor as master of arms at the time.
But now instead of just becoming the master of arms at the Twins, I am the head of the Red Tridents but also a council member of the Grey Towers company.
When I wasn't training in the yard or in lessons with the maester I was allowed free time to do as I liked within the walls of the Twins, usually I ended up hanging around with Walder Frey.
Around that time, I noticed I liked to be around him all the time, I liked to watch him train in the yard especially when he was wearing no shirt.
The minute I started to have those thoughts I felt embarrassment but not at having feelings for men because I had feelings for both men and women, I was embarrassed because I felt these feelings for Walder Frey the future lord of house Frey.
Swishing of the water brought me out of my thoughts, looking to the noise it was Walder sitting across from me with a flagon and a pair of bronze chalices.
Standing up, "Hello Lord Frey." I said, bowing
"At ease Alaric, but in the future call me Walder when we are in private." He said, pouring what was in the jug into the chalices
Sitting back down, "Yes Lord Fre- Yes Walder." I said, correcting myself
I could feel my breath and sight deepening as I looked at him, and I didn't know why this was happening now because it's not like I haven't seen Walder naked before since has very little modesty.
Hearing someone's voice call out, "Could you say that again?" I asked
"I said would you like a taste of Blue River." He said, holding up one of the chalices
"Yes, I would." I said, swimming over to him
Sitting next to him he offered me one of the chalices.
Taking the chalice, I downed it in one go, "Blue River lives up to its reputation, rich and sweet." I said, looking at the residue of the bottom of the chalice
"I hope it will be the signature drink for the Riverlands." He said, taking another sip from his chalice
"Would you like another taste Alaric?" He asked, moving closer to me
He leaned forward locking his lips with mine kissing with a heated passion, I returned it to him in full force.
Separating from each other, "You wish to continue Alaric?" He asked
I nodded my head not breaking eye contact with him.
"I want to hear you say it." He said, grinning wolfishly
"I want to continue." I said, heatedly
The minute those words left my mouth Walder lifted me up as if I was nothing and placed me on his lap so I was straddling him.
He moved his hands to my butt, "Your just perfect, Alora in the future with love to play with you a bit, but you won't get to fuck her, I don't share in that way." He said, giving me a squeeze
He kissed me again biting my bottom lip.
"Lady Alora knows about this and will be ok with it?" I asked, slightly worried at the answer
"She knows and approves of it, she said, "I love to watch you fuck him Walder", I took that as a green light to initiate." He said, smiling
That made me feel slightly better, and lessoned my guilt at this feeling like I am cheating with a married man.
"Let's continue to the best part." He said, beginning to kiss me on my collar bone
As he went on, I let the haze of the moment consume my mind.
We both went on to continuing our fun in a separate room connected to the bathhouse, when the morning came, I was in a bed, I thought it was all but a vivid dream.
That thought soon receded from my mind when I felt that I was lying on someone, looking up slightly it was Walder asleep with his arm wrapped around me.
Looking to the window I could see that it was dawn, I knew I had to leave soon for Maidenpool to reach Essos on time.
Snaking my way from under his arm, I put on my clothes before leaving.
Peaking outside of the door to make sure that no one was there, I stepped into the bathhouse.
Sticking my head back into the room, "Goodbye Walder, I will always love you." I whispered
As I closed the door I heard just above a whisper, "I love you too always and forever, Alaric." He whispered
After hearing that it brought a smile and tears to my eyes, wiping the tears away I made my way out of the Twins to the inn where the company was staying, and began to get everyone ready to leave.
To anyone who says to do warnings that isn't my style, and what is the point of writing if you don't have surprises. I felt that there are few bisexual characters in fanfiction.