Reborn in Westros

Chapter Eighteen: Strategy & Ambition

It has been a week since the wedding, and every southern visitor has left and is most likely to prepare for war.
Uncle Brynden sent me a letter a few days again congratulating me on my wedding and choice of husband.
He has taken riverrun from his brother temporarily as he refused to prepare for war. He stated that he would wait for it to start before dealing with House Frey.
He has put the people I sent with him to good use and wiped out the men trying to ran sack the riverlands.
Edmure has been following his uncle after he got a good beating for ignoring what his father was doing to Lyarra.

Jamie went back to the rock but warned me that his father would not stop. He had heard news that Tyrion got away from my mother, but she started claiming it was on behalf of House Stark, but I made sure everyone knew she was doing this on her own.

Tywin has used this as an excuse to try and remove House Stark once and for all, but I suspect he is wary with me protecting the North.
He might not be aware of the Navy fleet I have built and I will use that to me advantage, my brother is waiting for any other banner men but I knew it was time to tell Robb about Jea, we knew it would come out at some point but needed to be done.
While waiting for Robb in my solar, I was discussing any weak point with my commanders and husband but also any upgrades to our ships.
As we look over the plans, the door knocks, I nod my head to the door, and Loras answers it, Robb comes in, and everyone but Alarik and Jeahaerys leave the room.
Robb sees our serious face and becomes nervous but sits down , as I indicated.

"What is going on, Lyarra?"

"There is a secret, a family secret that you need to be made aware of."

He seems confused about that, but I gave a sorrowful smile and pulled out the documents, and put them in front of him.

"Where is our cousin?"

He asked after a few moments and i side eye Jeahaerys then back to Robb but thet confused him more and so I explained everything about Aunt Lyanna running away because she did not want to marry Robert Barathon, she fell in love with Rheager, got married and had a son. She was found as she was dying by her brother. He was taken in by her brother, who pretended was his illegitimate son.

It took a few more moments before his eyes widened and looked at Jeahaerys but really looked at him and realised that he was his cousin.
Robb was in a state of shock to find out thst his brother was actually his cousin and then paled at what his mother had done and what she could have done had Lyarra not saved him.
Lyarra could see the turmoil Robb was going through, but she knew in time he would come to terms with it all.

"Father is being brought hear as we speak but Sansa is still in kingsanding, my guards tried to get her out but she was determined to be Jofferys bride and that her father needed to tell everyone that he was wrong when he claimed Joffery waters a baseborn.
I have made sure the ones that tried to save her have left and others have taken their place in case her final decision changed."

Robb seemed thankful for the change but just as devastated by the news of Sansa, but I found that it was best to get it all out.

"This is a lot to take, Lyarra. we have a war to prepare for, and we need to get Sansa back."

"I have instructed that she be taken when she really starts to see the monster that is Joffery. If we try to take her before, she will never learn and might betray us again."

Robb did not like that, I could tell, but that was what needed to be done.

"We will need to tell the other Lords they need to know. Do not look at me like that, Robb. They need to know what Sansa has done and about Jeahaerys heritage."