The Northern Mermaid

Eleven

~Lyarra's POV~

I call Demetri, talk to him about what I found out. When he answers I head a woman's voice "Hello?" I answer

"Whose this?" The woman demands

"This is Lyarra" I say my pacing stopped, I've needed to talk to someone about what I found out and Demetri has been my rock "um...is Demetri there?"

"Why do you want to talk to him?" She asks

"Cause he's my friend" I say, she laughs "something funny?"

"Oh honey, he would have told me about you"she says

"Who are you?" I ask

"I'm Demetri's girlfriend, it's clear he's only been stringing you along to get into your pants" What? He has a girlfriend? "Don't call back" she hangs up and I look at the phone. I think about my time in Greece with him and...he just wanted to get into my pants. Blocking his number and deleting the messages we sent one another I hide my phone before going to my bed to cry. He was just playing me and I let him.

There's a knock on my door and I say "Go away" holding the stuffed animal Demetri won for me at a fair, I think about the fair.

"You've never been to the fair?" Demetri asks "what about with your parents?"

"My mother" shaking my head "she thinks doing anyone that isn't like her all rich and powerful, that they don't exist"

"Oh" nodding his head "she's one of those people...and your father?"

"He's always too busy" I tell him "he tries to make due but he works a lot"

"Siblings?" He asks

"My brothers Robb and Jon would have loved this" I tell him "but they are always busy, my sister Sansa would just complain...truth is I haven't seen my family since I was nine. I know I have two new brothers, I couldn't see them" portals and everything.

"Really?" He asks "if you don't mind me asking, why?"

"It's a long story" I tell him, I see a wolf "Winter is coming"

"What?" He asks

Shaking my head "Sorry, family motto—I was reminded by the stuffed wolves" Demetri brings me over "what are you doing?"

"Winning you a stuffed animal" he plays the game and soon wins me a stuffed wolf animal.

"Lady Lyarra" a servant comes in "your father has asked for you to come to supper"

"Tell him I'm not hungry" I say through tears "tell him I'm too heartbroken to come" I decide to put on some music aka sing Here With Me. As there is a knock on the door I yell "I'm not hungry!"

The door opens and it's father "Lyarra?" Father comes over "what's wrong?"

"Nothing" lying as I cry some more

He comes over and when he sits down I go over hugging him "Oh my mysterious wolf, what's going on?"

"He has a lover" I tell him "I thought he liked me like that but he has a lover" I cry even more, I don't know why I'm not telling the truth "he only sees me as a friend"

"It'll be okay" he assured me "I'll find a man who is worthy of you"

"But I want Demetri" I cry