Golden Rose // Tywin Lannister

34. Silence

'It's not going well is it?' Tyrion said as the next day of the trial began.

'You're going to be found guilty.' Jamie told him

'You think so?' 

'When you are you have to beg for mercy and asked to be sent to the wall. father has agreed to it.' Jamie told him 'he will spare your life and allow you to join the nights watch.'

'Ned Stark was promised the same thing too and we both know what happened to him.' Tyrion remarked.

'Father is not Joffrey.'

'How do you know?' Tyrion countered

'Do you trust me?' Jamie questioned Tyrion nodded, 'keep your mouth shut no more outburst this will all be over soon.' Jamie told him walking away as Cersei, Tywin and Oberyn took their seats.

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'The crown may call its next witness." Shae came walking in through the doors. Shae made her way to the witness box, chin held high.

"Shae."  Tyrion looked to her, confusion and anger flooding him.

'State your name' Tywins eyes moved to Taylor but she was whispering to Margaery.

'Shae'

''You swear to the gods the old and the new that your testimony will be honest?' tywin questioned

'I swear it.'

'Do you know this man?' tywin questioned looking to his son. Tyrion stared at her confused what was she doing?

'Yes.' Shae answered 'Tyrion Lannister.'

'Really? Pregnant? Oh Tay that's wonderful.' Margaery said in a hushed whisper hugging her sister tightly.

'I wanted to tell you before all this but then-'

'All this.' Margaery agreed. 'I'm so happy for you.'

'Thanks, now you best hurry up with tommen so-'

'our children can be the best of friends just like us.' Margaery repeated nodding a big smile on her face. 'I'm so happy for you Tay.'

'I'm so happy, Tywin is so happy.' Taylor assured. 'he... I found out- well I suspected on your wedding day actually.'

'You have known that long and haven't told me until now?" Margaery questioned incredulously.

'I wasn't going to ruin your day.'

"No Tyrion did that.' Margaery remarked.

'But Tywin wants everyone to know I convinced him to wait until after this whole trial is done with.' Taylor told her.

'I'm so happy, I'm going to be an aunt!'

'Or are you going to be his or her-' Taylors face scrunched up as she tried to think what her child would be to Margaery once Margaery was her grandchild.

'Stop being a grandmother.' Margaery exclaimed with a laugh.

'How do you know him?' Tywin went on

'I was A handmaiden to his wife.' she told everyone and tyrion shook his head confused.

'This man stands accused of murdering King Joffrey what do you know if this?'

'I know that he is guilty he and Sansa planned it together.' Shae informed them.

'Silence!' Tywin demanded as the crowd started to erupt in gasps of horror. 'continue...'

'she wanted revenge for her father her mother and her brother she blamed their death on the king she told him, she told tyrion and Tyrion was happy to help.' Shae informed them all, tywin tried to hide the smug look from his face. 'He hated Joffrey he hated the queen he hated you my Lord. He stole poison from the grandmasters chamber to put in Joffreys wine.'

'how could you possibly know all this?' Oberyn questioned 'why would he reveal such plans to his wife's maid?'

'I was not just her maid. I was his...' shae looked over a brief moment at tyrion.  'whore...' The crowd continue to murmur of appalled whispers as Mace spoke up

'I'm sorry do you say that you were his...'

'His whore' shae said louder. Tyrion couldn't breathe, why was she doing this?

'How did you come to be in his service?' Mace questioned

'He stole me I was with another man a knight in the Lord Lannisters army but when tyrion arrived at the camp he sent one of his cutthroats into our tent he broke the knights arm and brought me to Lord tyrion...'

'He said you belong to me now I want to fuck me like it's my last night in this world.' Tyrion pleaded with shae to look at him as the crowd erupted with laughter. Taylor looked to Margaery they were half confident their grandmother did something but Shae's testimony said otherwise.

'Silence... Silence.' Tywin shouted

'Did you?' Oberyn questioned with a grin.

'Did I what?' shae questioned.

'Did you fuck him like he was the last night in this world?' he questioned with a chuckle,

'I did everything he wanted,' she told them confidently, not daring to look at Tyrion while he couldn't fathom what she was doing, why she was doing this. He sent her away to protect her and this is what she did to repay him? Accuse him of murder! 'whatever he told me to do to him whatever he felt like doing to me I kissed him where he wanted I licked him where he wanted I let him put himself where he wanted.' she went on 'I was his property I would wait in his chamber for hours so he could use me when he was bored.' Tyrion noticed the smug look on cersei's face. 'he ordered me to call him my lion so I did. I took his face in my hands and said I am yours and you're mine.'

'Please don't.' Tyrion spoke up and he locked eyes with shae but her face showed no emotion.

'I am a whore.'