Dawn had broken.
Tamina barely slept that night, she had hoped someone would come. A Lannister knight riding on horseback carrying a white flag in surrender but there was no such man on the horizon, it had quiet all night long.
She dreaded the walk into the tent to talk battle strategy, this would be her first battle.
Cane, Mance, Ser Davos, the Night King, and Mayla patiently waited for her to arrive. Tamina paused when she entered as she had not expected to see Mayla standing at her husband's side, she had made herself scarce since their last talk. Mayla locked eyes with Tamina and gave her a small smile, Tamina did the same.
Tamina walked to the edge of the table that had their battle strategy laid across it.
Everyone within the tent bowed, followed by a chorus of 'Your Grace'. Tamina stared across the map of King's Landing, carefully acquired some time ago by a cartographer at Winterfell.
Tamina cleared her throat, "Cersei Lannister has failed to surrender the crown and her Kingdom, I gave her until the dawn and we have not had any word since",
"Your Grace, our scouting party returned this morning saying that the guards have since doubled at the gates to the city since yesterday" Cane suddenly spoke up,
"Then it is settled, she has made it clear she will not surrender, we predicted this. So we plan to have the deadmen breach the front gate and overpower the forces there if this fails and we are unable to enter through the front then hopefully the small group we use to infiltrate through the tunnels underneath the city, here and here" she pointed to the marks on the map, "Will be able to make their way to the wall and open the gate" she said looking up at their faces.
"The only thing keeping them safe are their walls, as soon as we are in the city will fall, we have more numbers and more expendable bodies," Mance said eying the Night King,
"Exactly, we will follow in after the front gate is down" Tamina replied,
"Your Grace, if I may, you are not thinking of joining this fight?" Cane asked hesitantly,
"Of course I am, where else would I be?" she asked, a confused look fluttered across her face,
"I was hoping that both you and Mayla would stay here at camp, this is a real battle Tamina, you could be seriously injured," he said, even Mayla shot him a look,
"There have been plenty of occasions where I could have been hurt, you taught me to fight, the Grandmasters taught me to fight, if you do not doubt your fighting abilities then do not doubt my own" Tamina said lifting her chin higher, "How can I stand above my men and lead if I am unable to stand beside them first, how can I expect them to die for the cause if I will not put my life on the line too, I must fight as well and that is my final word on the matter" she stated, turning back to the prints on the table.
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The Winter Princess- A Game of Thrones FanFic || Jon Snow/OC
FantasiA Kingdom beyond The Wall. Just a story they thought, a legend. But when three mysterious strangers arrive, the Night's Watch discover a forgotten truth. Jon meets Tamina and they find out that they're not so different from each other despite their...