Naveena STARK the first book in the Queen Series.
Naveena has been playing the Game of Thrones since she was born. Her name alone is dangerous. When she's finally put to the test, everything unravels. Secrets are revealed, a heart finds love and Nav...
The great doors of the crypt swung open for the cloaked visitor, hood raised to hide their features. As they started lowering themselves into the sept, the doors were gently closed once again. The candles burned brightly in a ring around the cold, dead body of a man. The priests mirrored the ring from the round gallery, keeping their silent vigil on the body.
Naveena lowered her hood once she reached the bottom. Let the High Priest run back to Robert and tell him his sister was a good little girl and had finally visited the dead. Because people like her couldn't mourn how they wanted. She looked down at the clothed figure of a man who had once been her friend, teacher and apparently, confidante. The knowledge of the priests silently watching made her uneasy and had partly been the reason why it had taken her so long to come here. This was not her idea of saying farewell to the dead, directly to a corpse.
Unable to look at his face just yet, her eyes travelled around the room, ignoring the shadowy figures and stopped on the giant stained-glass window depicting a seven-pointed star. the symbol of the Faith of the Seven.
Two years ago, in this very room, she had been decreed a Baratheon. Robert had signed her name beside his in an ancient text of his house depicting the family tree of House Baratheon. His brothers, Lords Stannis and Renly, had bore witness to the official ceremony and so her name had been changed from Naveena Waters to Lady Naveena Baratheon. She had been taken from a lowly bastard, the scum of the earth in the eyes of the Court, to the sister of the king.
Finally lowering her eyes, she looked over the painted pebbles that the Faith of the Seven required to be placed over the eyes. Supposedly, the stones help the living not to fear death but they simply creeped her out. Standing over the body laid out like this made her uncomfortable. She couldn't help thinking that if it was her cold body embalmed in tar and laid out on a stone altar for everyone to see, she would be equally as mortified. It didn't help that Jon's had been painted a vibrant blue, as was the colour of his house, though his eyes had once had flecks of green through them.
"Suppose I should get on with it," she muttered, shifting awkwardly from foot to foot before placing a reluctant hand on his arm. She desperately felt like she couldn't connect with Jon's spirit any other way. It was clear that he was not here, that talking to his corpse would not be the same.
"You died a horrible, painful, unfortunate death and I am sorry we lost you too soon," Despite her whisper, she knew her words could be heard by those around her. "Thank you for being a friend and keeping my secrets. You taught me a lot of lessons and I will be sure to remember them." She gently pressed her four fingers to her lips and placed them on his cold, waxy forehead.
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HOUSE BARATEHON KING ROBERT BARATHEON, the First of His Name, King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm Wife: QUEEN CERSEI of House Lannister Children: -PRINCE JOFFREY(14) heir to the Iron Throne, blonde hair/green eyes -PRINCESS MYRCELLA(10) blonde hair/green eyes -PRINCE TOMMEN(8) blonde hair/green eyes Siblings: –STANNIS BARATHEON Lord of Dragonstone -wife: LADY SELYSE of House Florent -children: SHIREEN(9) –RENLY BARATHEON Lord of Storm's End –NAVEENA BARATHEON(19) -Tilly, Naveena's handmaid Small council: –GRAND MAESTER PYCELLE –LORD PETYR BAELISH Master of Coin –LORD STANNIS BARATHEON Master of Ships –LORD RENLY BARATHEON Master of Laws –SER BARRISTAN SELMY Lord Commander of the Kingsguard –VARYS Master of Whisperers
