It seemed she had been shedding tears for days, her eyes were so swollen and baring the signs of sadness as her face had become reddened with the flush of the crimson hue that now shown upon her cheeks, she had done her best to not succumb to such sad thoughts but she couldn't seem to help it. The tears fell like a river that was steady and constant. She had cried so much that it began to feel like it had become physically painful, but like all things the tears had slowly drawn to a stop. Wiping her eyes as she had done so many times already she let a slow exhale of breath slip from her lips as the exhaustion had begun to claim her body, mind, and her spirit it seemed. So many emotions had been driven to the breaking point and far beyond her imagination that those very same emotions could surpass.

As the carriage continued down the rough pathway of the road, every little hole the wheels struck vibrated the carriage all over, it even caused her to being jostled around in her seat, the realization that this was actually happening had begun to sink in more and more the further she had gotten from the only home she has ever known. She was getting further and further away from her father and the life as a mere child. With every twist and turn of the roadway, she realized it was now like her life, every twist and turn resembled something new in her life, but it all lead to one main important thing. She was becoming a woman, a wife and a Queen. Those thoughts gripped hard at her heart and for a brief moment she had actually lost her breath as the fear, the nervousness ran rampant through her soul.

This was not supposed to be her journey through life, it's not the life she would have chosen for herself nor was it the life she truly had wanted either. Though she simply knew she had no choice, she was on the road to nowhere, yet everywhere. The reason this was not supposed to be her journey was because in her heart of hearts she was supposed to be travelling North of Strokwen, and find herself in the embrace of the man who knew her like no other, a man who loved her with every fiber of his being, so much did this man love her that even his very soul felt lost without her near. She too felt the same as he. The thought that she would never be able to fill his embrace with the warmth of her body so near to his cause her sadness to overwhelm her yet again. She had given her heart away so many years ago to this man.

Shakily her fingers rose to the necklace she had worn since childhood, it was a necklace that she had never taken off and often times she had to keep it hidden from the eyes of others, far too many questions would have risen and she would have had no answer for those particular questions. Throughout the years the necklace had become her most cherished possession, nothing else matter to her except this necklace. It may be odd but to her it was a link, a symbol of the bond she carried with her always, a bond that kept her love for this man so near to her heart.

"M'Lady, perhaps this will be a most exciting journey, there are so many new things to experience. Certainly that will keep your mind at ease. It hurts my heart to see M'lady filled with such sadness and to know that I am so helpless in easing your pain" Nina, Shoshanna's handmaiden had said with her soft and gentle voice. Sometimes just soothing words with Nina's voice had put her at ease, but this particular time, not even gentle words seemed to help. The sadness was just too overwhelming.

"Nina, How can it be exciting when this is not what I want. I do not want to live my home, my Father? I do not love him and he does not love me. Why must I do this? When I marry, I want to marry for love not out of obligation. If this is my life, I want to live it for me, not for what my Father wants, not for what Viserys wants but for what *I* want." In a brief instance, Nina had heard that slight anger that briefly masked her sadness but it was quickly swept away into the emotional state she was in as her tears threatened to break free again.

Nina sadly shook her head as she quieted her words, it seemed as though nothing she could say at the moment would ease Shoshanna's pain. Her pain would have to ease itself with time, and time was as unpredictable as the actions of man. She watched as Shoshanna turned to stare back out of the small carriage window. She knew every flower and tree, ever blade of grass; this was her kingdom, her home. Everything here was familiar and loved by her. She knew nothing of Westeros, how could she love such a place she knew nothing of. How? Once she crossed the borderlands into Westeros her journey as a young girl would come to an end as her journey as a woman and Queen would just be beginning. Gods what was she going to do.