1. Dispose of a Body

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"Mama?" Sandor whispered. Alice Clegane turned around bloody blade still in hand. "He hurt you again?" Sandor realized. Alice dropped the blade her hand still shaking. "Mama?"

"He cant hurt us anymore my love." Alice cooed kneeling in front of sandor. He glanced back at his father dead in the kennels.

"You are stronger than you look." Sandor offered.

"Thanks honey..." alice glanced back at Korge.

"You got to get rid of the body Mum." Sandor reminded her. She nodded. "I will help you."

"Oh honey you must think the worst of me." Alice whispered.

"You are best." Sandor corrected kissing her cheek. "I will get Gregor to help-"

"No one can know." Alice corrected. Sandor nodded to Gregor staring down at Korge.

"What happened?" Gregor questioned.

"He did it again." Sandor remarked. Gregor looked to Alice and she offered him a small sad smile. He moved to her touching the bruise on her cheek.

"You fought back?" Gregor realized. Alice gave a stiff nod, her lips quivering, she didnt want to lose her boys. "About damn time." Gregor agreed. "Come on, we got to get rid of the body."

Alice didnt know if she should be proud or scared that her boys were so willing to dispose of a body for her.

Alice had lived on Casterly rock most of her life. She moved to the rock with her father when she was 5. Her little brother had gotten sick and her father brought him to the maesters claiming that the Rock had the very best maesters and would save her little brother.

But there was no remedy for his ales.

They stayed at the Rock despite being unable to save her brother her father found he liked living by the water. Alice liked it too. UNtil her father got sick and wanted her taken care of. Korge Clegane seemed a fine man on parchment but he had a short temper and violent tendencies. She had been 13 when she was married off. 14 by the time she had her first son and now Gregor was 13 himself.

Alice saw a lot of Korge in Gregor, she worried what he would become. She hoped he would turn around, be sweet like her sandor. It had been a year since the fire incident. Korge covered it up, said Sandors bedding caught fire. Alice couldnt look at Korge or Gregor a fortnight. Gregor showed true remorse after that though.

Gregor loved one person, his mother and her not being to even look at him made him mad. Made him furious. He needed her to forgive him, to love him again. He was so angry but then he saw his father hit his mother and his anger shifted. Alice was a little thing compared to her boys, compared to her husband. So when Korge hit her she crumbled to the ground. Korge had marched off and Gregor pulled his mother into his arms.

"Forgive me." He whispered.

"Oh honey," Alice cooed bringing a hand to his face. "It is not I that needs your apology." Gregor's lips pursed. "Baby," she begged. "Sandor is your brother-"

"You are bleeding." Gregor cut in touching her lip.

"Gregor, my boy, you are a good boy, please dont turn into your father." Alice begged.

"I would never hurt you." Gregor assured.

"Every man needs honor, morals, a code. Good knights have a code. Good men have a code." Alice remarked sitting up but leaning into Gregor her head was still spinning from the fall.

"I wont hit a woman... unless they hit first." Gregor offered. Alice smiled kissing his cheek. "I promise, mama."

"Thats a good code."  Alice agreed. "Promise me something else."

"Okay.'' Gregor agreed softly.

"Be nice to your brother. Apologize." Alice begged. Gregor couldnt meet her gaze. "Gregor, baby," She begged holding onto his face. "Please, for me. I love my boys, I can't live with myself if you and sandor are at each others throats."

"I will try." Gregor agreed.

Now here they all were burying a body in the woods. Alice lifted the shovel piling dirt down on top of Korges body.

Rot in hell.

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