I should have known that in Westeros nothing goes according to plan.

As I stood in training yard in padded armor with a blunted sword in my hand and looked towards my opponent. I was sure of one thing.

WESTEROS SUCKS.

(A few hours before)

The particular problem began when I was coming from yet another session of getting my butt kicked session with Ser Rupert.

On my way to freshen up I saw Ellyn and her ladies in waiting surrounding someone. Must be another unfortunate soul who Ellyn was bullying. As much as I did not like bullying, this was actually a regular occurrence. Even if I did intervene it would have turned out worse for victim as Tion and by extension Ellyn were less than fond of me.

But as I was leaving something Ellyn said stopped me dead on my tracks.

"Really you should know better Jeyne."

And now that I looked carefully right at the Centre of the group was my wife.

She was looking downwards and she was clutching her gown so tightly that her knuckles had turned white..

"But perhaps its not your fault after all if I was married to a disappointment like Tytos, I wouldn't want to dress up either. Not that I could ever be with someone like him." Ellyn said causing the ladies beside her to laugh.

At this Jeyne got an angry look on her face. So I decided to intervene before she said something that she might regret.

" Ah Jeyne here you are. I was searching for you." As soon as she saw me she got a happy look on her face.

We had really gotten closer in the last month. I gently took her arm and began leading her away trying to ignore Ellyn but alas it was not to be.

" Oh Tytos I didn't see you." Ellyn said loudly forcing me to look her way as she continued.

"I was just telling Jeyne how bad it looks on her if she wears these plain clothes. But maybe she should get used to it after all a disappointment like you could never provide her a good life."

At this something snapped inside of me. For one whole month whenever Ellyn and Tion saw me they insulted and belittled me without care. I don't know how Tytos tolerated it.

But I have had enough.

"Well do forgive Jeyne, my lady. Not all of us can change clothes like you change men."

At those words there was utter silence.

Ellyn's face became red in rage and she snarled, " How dare you talk to me, the Lady of Casterly Rock like that. Do you-"

" You are not the lady of the Rock, you are just wife of the heir while I am the son of the Lord."

"You will regret this" was all she said before storming away.

As I led Jeyne away she gently said, "You didn't have to do that."

"I didn't but I wanted to."

"Thank you." She said as she gave me a smile.

I led her to one of many balconies in Castle where we had lunch with pleasant conversation but unfortunately we were interrupted.

"How dare you call my wife a whore, you runt." Shouted my brother Tion banging his hand on the table as soon as he entered with Reyne brothers who were both snarling at me.

"Perhaps I should teach you a lesson on how to respect your elders." He said to me.

As I had said before I've had enough so I got up and looked directly in his eyes and said, "Why don't you then."

……. Which I might not have been a good idea. Tion agreed to a duel. He stood in front of me in his casual clothes as according to him he did not need an armor to teach me a lesson.

As the master of arms signaled us to start I realized I might have overestimated myself.

I was indeed training hard with Ser Rupert but it was still one month. Tion had simply more experience.

He was stronger, faster and had better technique as I was immediately put on defensive. It took him only few minute but I was easily down.

"You are no lion, you understand. You are worthless. You should be the one who should be dead." As Tion was ranting and mocking me, I realized that he had gotten too close and left himself open. So I took my chance-

And kicked him hard between his legs.

He screamed in agony. I got up as fast as I could and hit his stomach with the pommel of the sword.

I put all my strength in my next punch and I knocked him out.

Just like that I won.

There was pin drop silence.

Till Rogar Reyne screamed in fury, took one of the guard's sword and started charging towards me. And I knew I had no chance. I was wounded and only able to beat Tion by cheap tricks and Red lion of Castamare was way better than Tion.

But luckily someone stopped him. That someone being Ser Rupert Crakehall.

"Why are you stopping me. Didn't you see him you use cowardly tricks to harm your lord's heir." The Reyne asked in outrage.

" Aye but that was a family matter and you my lord are no Lannister." Ser Rupert replied calmly.

The Reyne then looked around to realize that all the Lannister guardsmen had their

weapons pointed at him.

"Now why don't you take Tion away." the old man said to the young lord who did what was asked of him reluctantly.

Once they left Ser Rupert turned towards me and said, "Kneel"

I was confused and it must have showed on my face because a moment later he asked, "You don't want to be knighted."

I was shocked.

"You did see how I won right?"

The man just grinned and said, "In war it wouldn't matter how you kill a man what would matter is if you kill him or not. Now kneel."

So I knelt.

"In the name of the Warrior I charge you to be brave. In the name of the Father I charge you to be just. In the name of the Mother I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of the Maid I charge you to protect all women.

Rise Ser Tytos Lannister."

Well at least something good happened today.

Some time I was sitting in maestar's chamber with him tending my wounds.

Jeyne who hadn't left my side since the duel spoke softly, "Perhaps we should visit my family and stay with them for some time."

She looked at me imploringly. At first I was confused. And then it hit. I had just embarrassed Tion in front of the castle. He would want revenge and this time there would be no one to save me.

The guards and Ser Rupert only intervened when Reyne was about to attack me. They were perfectly okay with Tion beating the shit out of me.

The only one who could save me was my father who I had not seen in a month and likely wouldn't care.

"Perhaps you are right. Why don't you write a letter to your father warning him of our visit."

It appears Jeyne had same worries as the moment I said those words she happily nodded and wrote the letter, telling the maestar to send it to Ashemark.

But even that was not the end of the day.

As Jeyne and I were getting ready for the bed. There was knock on the door.

I opened it to find a guardsman standing there. He gave me the message that he held in his hands before leaving.

Apparently my father had summoned me to his Chambers.

I have said it before and I will say it again.

WESTEROS SUCKS.

A/N:- This chapter did not turn out as I intended it to. This is my third draft and I still don't like. I think the fight scene might be disappointing. Apparently seeing something and then trying to convey it in words is harder than it seems

Any suggestions to improve this chapter would be welcome. Hope you like it. Thanks for reading.