CHAPTER 9

He said, breaking the kiss, "Ivy, I must give you the Lord's kiss." He kissed his way down her slowly nipping and licking. Tywin found her wet and ready for him. He started kissing her mound circling her clit as his fingers moved into her curling upward. Ivy was moaning and moving her hips against him. The sounds she was making were making him very hard again. After a while, she came while arching her back and calling out his name, "Oh Tywin!"

He lifted his head and growled saying, "You taste sweet like honey."

Tywin moved up her body and lined up to enter her. He said deeply, "I want you now, Ivy." She pulled him in for a kiss tasting herself and he entered her slowly. She moaned against his lips as he started moving, pulling up her legs, wrapping his arms under and around her thighs, spreading her legs wide. He started panting and thrusting at a steady rate.

Ivy was amazed at his size and how he knew what he was doing as he circled, thrust and pounded into her giving her so much pleasure. She moaned and was moving her body with him clenching and loosening her inner muscles.

Tywin panted feeling the sensation of her doing that and said, "Oh gods, woman. What are you doing to me? You feel so damn good." She began licking and lightly biting his ear. Ivy kissed his throat as her hands moved from his hips to his back. They moved together building up.

She panted and said, "Oh Gods, Tywin!" She clinched him so strong it made him cum with her.

He was thrusting into her as he came shouting, "My gods all seven!" He collapsed on top of her with her hands moving across his sweaty skin. Tywin had his face buried in her neck laying there catching his breath.

He said when he could, "You feel amazing, Ivy, my beautiful girl." He lifted up on his elbows and kissed her, closing his eyes sensually. Ivy caressed his face.

She said against his lips, "I love how you touch me." Tywin wrapped his arms around her, nuzzling her neck.

He lifted up looking in her eyes and said, "I could drown in your beautiful pools of blue green."

She smoothed his eyebrows and claimed his mouth softly kissing him and tugging his lower lip.

Ivy said softly, "You look so very sensual when you are feeling like this."

She told him as she rolled him over on his back and said, "You make me want you so badly, like I'm the one out of control with desire." She licked his chest, nipples and licked his neck, nibbling and kissing him. He was moaning and groaning as his hips moved with her. Ivy started speeding up.

Tywin said, "You are the most sexual woman I have ever known. You feel so perfect. You keep me so stimulated." She was pounding her hips into him. He flipped her and took possession of her mouth and began pounding into her again. She arched and cried out, "Oh, Tywin!" Ivy's hands grasped his scarred skin and muscles on his back. He thrusted a few more times and came inside her again. Tywin laid on her as she licked his skin on his shoulder and kissed his sweaty neck.

He lifted up and smiled at her. She loved when he smiled. She said while caressing his face, "You look younger when you smile, Tywin. I love your smile."

He said chuckling, "I think you're the only one that makes me feel like smiling. You're an amazing woman." Tywin kissed her deeply, loving the taste of her lips.

He held her to his chest from behind. He pulled the sheet up over them and began kissing her shoulder and neck.

Tywin said deep and sexy in her ear, "You feel so good. Sleep, my beautiful girl." Ivy turned her head and captured his lips kissing him. She curled her arm up to touch his face in a caress and turned back on her side. She said softly, "Goodnight, Tywin, my dear." He smiled against the skin on her shoulder.

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In the morning, they both got up early and bathed in the bath house quickly. They got dressed in their separate rooms and packed up their belongings. Ivy met him in the common room of the inn to break their fast with her kitten.

Tywin said affectionately caressing her face, "As soon as you saddle up, come ride next to me."

She smiled said, "Ok, I'm packed up already and have an extra pack horse on a lead." He nodded.

He said, "We should reach King's Landing in twenty one days from Lannisport. While we are there, I'll get you some dresses to wear. You'll need a maid to help you too."

She smiled at him when he looked at her for a reaction and she said, "That's thoughtful of you, Tywin."

He had a glint of a smile on his face and said, "I expected you to balk at the idea of dresses."

Ivy smirked and said, "I understand protocol and appropriate behavior, Tywin." Tywin moved his hand and patted her hand.

He said smirking, "Of course you do, my brilliant girl. I should have known." She giggled.

After eating, she went to get her belongings from her room, turned in the key and went to the stables. She saddled both horses packing them up, mounted up with her shadowcat and rode to where Tywin was waiting for her. As she rode up to him, he subtly smiled at her with the cat sitting in front of her on the saddle like the animal was used to it.

While riding, they talked about many things. He told her about his family and home, Casterly Rock. Ivy told him that she was traveling Westeros because she hadn't been here before but learned a lot from people. She told him stories about how she got her cat, traveling the Shadowlands and about finding her sword. She even spared his soldiers, with her regular valyrian bastard sword and himself when bored on the trip. Ivy even showed them knife throwing. Tywin was fascinated with her glowing sword that cut so easily and how trained she was in weapons. She told him that she found the sword in a cave with a rotted sheath when she was eight name days old.

At night, they would sleep together in his large tent after making love on a comfortable mattress. He was growing quite fond of her presence beside him.

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She spent nineteen of the twenty one days on the road traveling with Tywin by the time they reached King's Landing. Ivy could tell they got along very well together on so many levels.

As they entered the gates, she definitely realized that this city really did indeed smell like human shit. She had noticed it before on previous visits with her ship but it was worse today being it was warm passed through the streets.

She said, wrinkling her nose, "You were right, it is a smelly place."

Tywin chuckled and asked, "Have you ever been to a big city?"

Ivy said giggling, "Yes and they didn't smell this bad." He smirked.

They got to the Red Keep's stables and the stablehands took their mounts. She had her cat on a leash, her baggage she got help with as one soldier came up to her and offered to carry some of it. She nodded and thanked him. They entered the Red Keep and were escorted to a set of nice luxurious rooms.

He said seriously, "Ivy, get settled in. I'll be back in a little while. I am sending a seamstress to you while I'm gone."

She smiled at him and said, "Ok, Tywin. Thank you, my dear." He smiled, kissed her head and left out the door.

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Tywin walked into Queen Cersei's sitting room as his two guards stood outside the door with hers. Cersei stood up and said, "Hello, father, how have you been? I see you arrived safely." He was lightly kissed on the cheek by her.

He said stoically, "Daughter. Yes, I have some business in the city."

Cersei said, "Come to eat the evening meal with us."

Tywin said, "I will. I am bringing my lovely traveling companion with me also."

Cersei said shocked and surprised, "You have a woman with you?"

He looked into her eyes intensely and said, "Yes, I am a man and can have my own companion, Cersei. It's not a crime and it has been a very long while only because I find almost all women lack luster."

She frowned and said, "So she's a whore?"

He was getting angry at her reaction and snapped narrowing his eyes, "She's no whore or bastard."

She asked snobbishly, "What house does she come from?"

Tywin said sternly, "It's really none of your business, but she is Ivy Brightflame. She has her own merchant ship that is sailing here to meet up with her."

Cersei muttered, "How convenient for her."

He huffed and said, "Anyway, I'll see you at the evening meal. I have business to take care of." He turned to leave out the door.

She said sarcastically, "Yes, and bring your lovely…. companion." Tywin left out the door to go find his business contact in town with his two guards.

Cersei opened the door and told one of her guards, "Get Lord Varys."

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Varys knocked and entered Cersei's sitting room. He bowed and said, "My queen, how may I serve you?"

Cersei said snobbishly, "My father has seen fit to entangle himself with a woman named Ivy Brightflame. She owns a merchant ship. I want you to find out who she is?"

Varys said, "I will see what I can find about her. Is there anything else?"

Cersei said, "No, that's all." Varys nodded and left the room.

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Ivy had three dresses that the seamstress had back in her shop that would fit her and was commissioned to make nine more. A maid had come to help her bathe and dress. She always wore the pendant with her money and mine contents with the key on it. They hung between her breasts low enough not to show. She put on one of the sets of magical jewelry from the box in the cave that was in a sapphire blue. Ivy had her hair washed and down loose and wavy with two small braids on each side by her ears holding back her hair with a small blue dragonfly barrette and showing her drop earrings. The dress was a dark blue and gold trim dress with an empire waist and dark blue slippers to match. She put on light make up and noticed how more blue her eyes were in this color. The jewelry sparkle was beautiful in the mirror.

Tywin walked in the door and said to the maid, "Draw me a bath quickly." He stopped and saw Ivy get up from the mirror and turn around. He inhaled.

Tywin said softly to her while walking up to her taking her hand, "Never let anyone say you are not an incredibly beautiful woman, Ivy." Ivy smiled and blushed as he caressed her cheek and kissed her. He turned and began taking off his clothing layers.

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When Tywin led her to the King's dining table, they took their seat on one side of the King's place at the head of the table. She had left her cat in the room well fed and sleeping with his litter box.

Cersei and her children came into the room followed by King Robert. Tywin and Ivy stood up and bowed. She noticed that Cersei and the oldest prince had red auras.

Tywin said, "Your Grace."

She said, "Your Grace."

Robert said gruffly and drunk, "Sit down. Sit down." The king sat in his chair.

Robert noticed Ivy, while Cersei glared at her. The king said lustily, "My, my, Tywin, who is this dark haired beauty with you? That's a lovely gown you have on, my lady."

Cersei said with a sour face, "Yes, father, introduce us?

A guard behind the king said, "Yes father we all would like to know?" Ivy knew this must be Jamie Lannister, his son, that Tywin spoke of. Jamie Lannister looked like a handsome man but a bit glib in demeanor. She had a vision flash a long while back of his son having sex with his sister. She looked over at the three children and thought, 'Yes, not a dark haired child in the three.'

Tywin said as the wine was poured, "This is Ivy Brightflame from the merchant ship 'The Flaming Star'. She is my traveling companion." The servants started bringing them food.

Joffrey said sniggering, "Aren't you a bit old for a woman that young, grandfather?" Cersei hushed him. Tywin ignored him but sent Joffrey a baleful glare making him look away.

Robert said loudly, "Well done, Tywin!" Tywin squeezed Ivy's hand under the table.

They started eating a creamy chestnut soup, crusty hot bread, and greens dressed with apples and pine nuts. She liked the soup and salad.

Cersei said, "My father tells me that your parents are both dead. Where were you raised as a child?"

She took a taste of wine and said stoically, "I was raised in Braavos, your Grace. I was proficiently trained in weapons, combat and to protect myself. I was taught higher learning, survival, about being a merchant with buying and selling in the various ports in Essos." Cersei frowned.