The Prince of Thorns

🛡Escape and Imprisonment🛡

KING'S LANDING

Tyrion is dragged off by guards as Sansa and Ser Dontos rush off through the crowd.

CERSEI: "Where is his wife? Where's Sansa?"

TYWIN: "Find her. Bar the gates of the city. Seize every ship in the harbor."

CERSEI: "Where is she?!"

TYWIN: "No one leaves the capital! No one!"

KINGS LANDING DOCK AT DUSK

A bell tolls as Sansa and Ser Dontos rush down to a small boat, separate from the Harbor.

SER DONTOS: "Get in."

SANSA: "Where are we going?"

SER DONTOS: "Somewhere safe."

Sansa and Ser Dontos sail out into the ocean, far from King's Landing.

MISTY OCEAN AT NIGHT

They come across a huge mysterious ship in the middle of the misty sea. Ser Dontos pulls his smaller boat up alongside it.

SER DONTOS: "Up you go, my lady. You'll be fine. You're stronger than you know."

Sansa climbs the latter.

LITTLEFINGER'S SHIP, MOMENTS LATER

She climbs up a ladder on the side of the ship, as she reaches the top someone grabs her. She gasps before realizing who it is.

SANSA: "Lord Baelish?"

LITTLEFINGER: "Petyr... Are you hurt, my lady?"

SANSA: (shakes her head.)

LITTLEFINGER: "Good. Good. I'm sure you've had quite a fright. Rest easy. The worst is past. Ser Dontos shouts up from his boat."

SER DONTOS: "Lord Baelish. I promised I'd get her to you safely."

LITTLEFINGER: "Softly, my friend... Voices carry over water."

SER DONTOS: "I should get back before someone thinks to look for me. LITTLEFINGER First you'll want your pay. 10,000 was it?"

SER DONTOS: "10,000."

Littlefinger clicks his finger and two men with crossbows walk to the edge of the ship. They aim at Ser Dontos.

SER DONTOS: "Wait!"

Both men shoot at Ser Dontos, he groans in pain before lying dead. Sansa screams and Littlefinger hushes her.

LITTLEFINGER: "Shh. You don't want the queen to hear, do you? 1,000 gold cloaks are searching for you. And if they found you, how do you think they would punish the girl who murdered the king?"

SANSA: "I didn't murder anyone."

LITTLEFINGER: "I know. I know. But you must admit it looks suspicious. The king who executed your father, who tormented you for years, and you fled the scene of his murder."

Sansa glances back to Ser Dontos' body.

SANSA: "Why did you kill him?"

LITTLEFINGER: "Because he was a drunk and a fool and I don't trust drunk fools."

SANSA: "He saved me."

LITTLEFINGER: "Saved you? My lady, he followed my orders. Every one of them. And he did it all for gold. Money buys a man's silence for a time. A bolt in the heart buys it forever."

SANSA: "He was helping me because I saved his life."

LITTLEFINGER: "Yes, and he gave you a priceless necklace that once belonged to his grandmother. The last legacy of House Hollard."

Littlefinger removes the necklace from around Sansa's neck and places it on the edge of the ship. He pull out a knife and hits one of the "crystals" and it smashes like glass. Sansa, confused, studies him.

LITTLEFINGER: "I had it made a few weeks ago. What did I once tell you about the capital?"

SANSA: "We're all liars here."

Littlefinger pushes the necklace off the edge of the boat, and it lands directly on Ser Dontos' lifeless body.

LITTLEFINGER: "Come, my lady. I know you've had a difficult day. But you're safe now. I promise you that. You're safe with me and sailing home."

KING'S LANDING BALCONY - DAY

Margaery Tyrell sits at the table with Olenna and Alester Tyrell.

MARGAERY: "So am I the queen?"

ALESTER: "No, you're not."

OLENNA: "More than you were with Renly. Less than you would have been if Joffrey had done you the courtesy of consummating the marriage before dying. In any case, this would not be an opportune moment to press the issue."

MARGAERY: "Clawing at his own throat, looking to his mother to make stop... it was horrible."