2. Criston

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"Just to say hi.... Hi." Tully ran off after that. She was failing at getting aemond to fall for her unfortunately.

"Who was that?" Criston questioned Aemond.

"Some girl being weird." Aemond answered before pulling his sword out. Tully was on cloud nine. She had a real conversation with Aemond. He talked back, it wasnt one sided. It was everything she could have dreamed of. They were definitely getting married and having like a dozen children. Yep. Tully could see it now.

When they looked back on this day and told their grandchildren how it all started. It started with hello.

"You seem happy." Mallory remarked.

"I am happy." Tully agreed, head held high.

"Ohhh?" Mallory cooed

"I talked to aemond and get this- HE TALKED BACK!" Tully squealed out. Mallory chuckled. Tully was awkwardly adorable when it came to her insane crush on aemond.

"Aww im happy for you Tully." Mallory remarked linking arms. "So wedding bells in the future? Should we start picking out your wedding dress?" Tully giggled leaning into Mallory.

"Yes."

Mallory thought she could secude aemond if she wanted but she would never -Ever! - do that to tully. But knowing that she could, she debated it once before shutting down that idea once she saw how in love tully really was. She had her sights locked on a man. A real man.

"Hey," Mallory purred. Criston glanced back at her. Mallory knew how to look older, talk older, knew how to seduce, her mother had been seducing men into doing her bidding for years and her father had been putty in her hands for years. Mallory learned from the best.

"You are always working." Mallory realized. "You ever get a day off?"

"Not really." Criston countered.

"But you are not working right now." She added glancing around for the queen. The queen was such a cunt blocker.

"No." Criston agreed slowly.

Mallory wore a bright red lip tint, she shaded her eyelids like her mother taught her and she wore a corset to lift up her breasts making them look bigger and more appealing to the male eye.

She had told her father that she didnt like boys, they were stupid. But she liked men, she wanted a man that could please her and right now her sights were set on Criston Cole.

"I'm Mallory Lannister, you might have heard of me. Seen me around," she pondered stepping closer. "My father is on the council. Master of ships."

"I know lord Tyland." Criston agreed. "And I know you are ten and six." he added, Mallory's smile faltered.

"Age is but a number." She assured. "I know plenty of women that were married off to old men at my age, the queen for example." Mallory reminded him. "You know the queen, a married woman." She added, she knew that Alicent looked a little too long at Criston, her touch lingering and Mallory didnt like that one bit.

"Yes. I am aware the queen is married, I am her sworn sword." Criston agreed. "What I dont know is what I can do for you, young Lady Mallory..." Criston offered. Mallory held back a growl.

"Nothing." Mallory decided. "It is what I can do for you but clearly you are not ready for what I have to offer." she traced a finger along the bodice of her dress and watched his eyes drift down along with her hand. "Or maybe you are ready." Mallory agreed, a smug smirk pulling across full lips and Criston's gaze snapped back to her eyes. Deep green eyes, hypnotizing.

"Good day lady Mallory." Criston countered as he headed off.

"Not yet, but it will be." Mallory corrected watching him go.

Mallory watched alicent and criston day after day. How alicent leaned into him. Holding his arm and whispered in his ear. She didnt like it. She didnt like it one bit.

Criston seemed more professional but he was only a mere man. How long could he hold out. He had needs. Alicent was being whor-ish throwing herself at him. Mallory needed Criston to see her as a woman. Not a child. And toss Alicent aside. She went to the one man she trusted enough with this mission.

She couldnt go to tully. Tully was caught up in aemond drama and mallory didnt want to rubbher impending happiness in Tullys face knowing that her own crush on criston was more likely to go anywhere as opposed to Tullys crush on aemond. Words mallory would never say out loud. So she went to - not her father he would throw her in her chambers and lock the door forever if he knew half the shit mallory got up- but larys. Charming and dorky Larys.

She knocked on the door rocking from herls to toes and back again as she waited. She heard the tap of larys cane and knew he was coming. He pulled open the down and his brow furrowed confused.

"Mallory? Tully isnt home." Larys remarked upon opening the door

"Im here for you." Larys swallowed the lump in his throat. That couldnt be good

"what can I do for you?" Larys questioned skeptically.

"Its what I can do for you."

"Mallory-"

"Mallory! What are you doing here?" Tully questioned. "I was looking for you back at the castle but didnt see you. Your father didnt know. You should have seen his face when I said I was looking for you. Told him I would check the knights chambers and be nearly fainted! Sorry by the way about that. It just slipped out." Tully blurted out. Mallory chuckled linking her arm with tullys.

"You talk to Aemond again?" Mallory questioned.

"No no. I couldnt. I dont want to seem clingy."

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