Chapter 4 The Faceless men of Braavos
(Sansa's POV)
"Sandor, have you a coin for the braavosi?" I asked gently. Sandor smiled at my sister and looked to my blushing face "Aye, milady, it was many moons ago when I met a faceless man on my travels. I saved him from a cage headed to the wall and castle black so he asked me to give three deaths to the red god. I gave him my brother's name and then my father's name then I cut my hand in payment for the third death." Arya Stark looked at Sandor's face "Why your brother's name?" Sandor pointed to his burnt face "I was just six years old, my brother was huge then and a bully. He caught me playing with his toy soldier and held my face to the open fire in the hearth. The pain was bad, the smell was worse. But I crawled upstairs and for a minute or maybe two, I stared at the horror in front of me, it was my mother's body, Gregor stood behind me laughing...laughing!" Sansa cried out at the thought that her protector, her hound was in pain. "Arya, leave us, just go to the docks, we will follow" Arya obeyed her elder sister and not knowing how to comfort a man older than herself, she called Nymeria and trotted away on her horse. Sansa locked her forehead with Sandor's and kissed him on the burned side of his face. He looked at her with a confused look.
"I know it's not easy revealing that to us but I do not judge you on your appearance Sandor, you are honourable and true to yourself."Sansa took another deep breath "My father trusts you to look after me and I trust you." Sandor smiled at her "Aye, little bird. I believe that"
"I am no bird, Sandor" Sandor chuckled at her stern tone "What are you? Sansa Stark"
She laughed prettily then stared back at her protector. "I am a wolf"
"That I can believe, Sansa" Sansa smiled back "Show the coin to the Captain and we may get on the ship in good time" They followed Lady the direwolf down to the docks and found Arya sitting on the deck with Nymeria. The Captain started shouting at us stupid girls for bringing their wolves. Sandor growled "You will take the wolves across the sea with us, you buggerin' bastard" The Captain gulped in fear "Of course, Lord Clegane, I meant no offence"
He gulped again "Have you the coin of the braavosi" Sandor produced it and then he said "Valar Morghulis" The Captain said back to my protector "Valar Dohaeries" and the agreement was done. We were safe from Cersei and Joffrey. I was sure father would be able to protect Brandon and Rickon. As we sailed away from the white harbour docks, Arya turned into my arms.
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