Snow // Willas Tyrell // Oberyn Martell

63. Vodka

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'Your grace.' Oberon stood up as cersei approached.

'Prince....' Cersei said looking dow to his parchment. 'who are you writing to?'

'A poem actually.' Obryn corrected

'May I show you the gardens?' Cersei question

'well I couldn't really refuse a royal escort,' Oberyn mused.

'No you couldn't.' Cersei agreed 'I did not realize you were a poet.'

'I'm not a very good one.'

''For your Paramore...' Cersei said sweetly.

'Josephine.' Oberyn told her.

'Snow?' Cersei questioned.

'Yes, she is saddened greatly by her sisters imprisonment. I was trying to find the words that might help her.' Oberyn informed Cersei.

'Sisterly bond, it's a lovely thing...'

'Yes my daughters are very close.' Oberyn told her.

'You have several don't you?' cersei recalled

'8'

'8? Eight daughters.' Cersei said amazed.

'The fifth is difficult.' oberyn admitted 'I named her after my sister.' He said sadly. 'But I cannot say her name without sounding sad and after being sad I grow angry.' Oberyn remarked.

'Perhaps that's why she's difficult.' Cersei told him. 'Gods love their stupid jokes don't they?"

'Which joke is that?' Oberyn questioned

'You are the prince of dorne legendary fighter and a great man feared throughout Westeros but you could not save your sister. I am a Lannister queen for 19 years and daughter of the most powerful man alive but I could not save my son... what good is power if you cannot protect the ones you love?'

'We can avenge them.' Oberyn told her

'Yes.' she agreed 'we can avenge them.'

'You really believe Tyrion murdered your son?' Oberyn questioned

'I know he did.' Cersei sneered.

'He will have a trial and we will find the truth.' Oberyn said simply.

'I have not seen my daughter in over a year.' Cersei said looking over the water.

'Last time I saw her she was fine, with two of my girls in the water gardens.' Oberyn admitted 'laughing in the sun.'

'I want to believe that I want to believe she's happy.'

'You have my word we do not hurt little girls in Dorne.' Oberyn told her.

'everywhere in the world they hurt little girls.' Cersei countered. 'Would you bring her gift for me? I wasn't there for my her name day and I want to give her some thing.'

'Anything at all.' Oberyn agreed it was the least they could do.

'The best shipwrights in Kings Landing have been working on it for months.' she pointed at a sailing boat

'It's beautiful.' Oberyn admitted.

'Marcella loves the water.'

'We will have it sailed down to Sun spear for her.' Oberyn told her.

'Please tell her... Her mother misses her very much.' Cersei added sadly.

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'Jos-'

'I went to visit sansa again, she cant stay down there and I cant sneak her out they have guards circling day and night.' Josie said pacing her room. 'they even have guards watching me now!" Josie declared slamming the door shut but the guards boot blocked it. 'GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE!" Josie shouted. Oberyn moved to the door pushing the man back. As Josie flopped to the floor.

'My Josephine.' Oberyn said pressing a kiss to her forehead helping her up, a deep frown adorned her face.

'I just... I don't know what to do.' Josie said miserably. There was a knock at the door and Josie slumped back into the bed.

'How is she?" Ellaria questioned the instant Oberyn opened the door.

'About as good as I was when Elia died.' Oberyn admitted.

'That's why I brought this.' Ellaria said holding up a bottle of vodka. 'the strong stuff, helps numb the brain.' Ellaria assured. Josie nodded taking a swig from the bottle. She made a face as it went down her throat and Oberyn chuckled. 'She is a baby still.' Ellaria told him. Josie tipped back against the headboard taking another sip, and another until her brain was a haze and her vision blurred she slept contently, Oberyn's arm around her that night, she slept most of the day as well.