Calah sits at the edge of her bed wrapping her book while Drae stands beside the door.
In her unawareness of Tommen's taste, she wraps a book on the history on Brighton as a wedding present.
"Do you think ser Tommen would like it, it's the last "Tapestry of time" in Brighton"
Drae could see the excitement written on her face but just couldn't help to water it down
"I do not know what Ser Tommen likes, my lady"
She fires him a dissatisfied look and scoffs loudly in disappointment after his reply
"Shouldn't have bothered asking you."
She concludes. He didn't hate her, infact she was his favourite Brittite. She had an astonishingly intense level of light in her, so much light he never knew existed or was possible to be wielded by a person.
Drae delves deeper into his thoughts unaware of Anne's presence. In no time, Calah finishes her wrapping assignment and flips it to affirm its sturdiness.
"And who's that meant for?"
Anne asks gripping Drae by surprise who reflexively eases backward.
"Did your mother not teach a lady how to knock?"
Calah takes a glance at Anne and suddenly the feeling of desolation struck her hard.
The uncertainty of what lied ahead for her in abject solitude, confined with her mother and her intolerable pulses and her sister in an unknown land with a distorted family starting off a probably dysfunctional life. Not only was Anne a sister to Calah, she was a Mother.
Drae slowly watched as a tear drops down on her left cheek.
"Are you.."
Anne notices and signals Drae to leave them alone.
"I'm not, it's the.."
Anne shuns her with a tight hug, stroking her right hand into her silky brown hair
"I don't want me to leave either, but I have to."
Calah vacuums in her emotions with her tears and reverts the topic.
"It's Ser Tommens."
She diverses
"A book?! Umm..... I think if you were to ask me, he's probably into daggers and swords."
Anne and Calah chuckles softly.
"It's all I could think of, now why did you come here?"
"The Carriages are ready, Mother won't be coming along with us."
Anne says weakly
"Good news, Alas"
Calah outbursts
***
The Greater light continues to lash harder on Brighton, but the particular day when one daughter departs, the sun seems to scorch its hardest.
The guards scatter all around the field, few train and some chatter.
Three carriages wait, all ready to take the Brightons to Miledale with the banners of house Brighton stacked at different edges of the three carriages.
The Lion image, imprinted on the banner, represents the ferocity of the city and the the cross held by the Lion represents the religious tenacity of the city.
Lady Brie seen with her husband and some guards as they carry bags into the carriages.
"I'll miss her"
Brie says as she notices her daughters walk towards them slowly.
"I'm most certain we all will."
Hillary says with a smile.
"And here she is."
Calah easily ignores their presence as on getting to them, she walks into the carriage with Drae directly behind her, leaving Anne the opportunity to speak freely and openly with her parents.
They all silently watch Calah walk by.
"Must have been hell raising that one."
Anne says humorously while Podrick coordinates the guards who move Anne's bags into the carriages. They all chuckle softly but worriedly.
"I didn't want it to be this way"
Brie wails bitterly
"I'll come visiting Mother, I promise."
Anne was unsettled with the entire family-wed-family charade, but the true motive behind her willingness to pull through with it was for family.
They both exchange hugs strongly trying hard to hide their tears.
Calah peeps out of the Carriage, watching the both of them cry.
"Well that's a first."
She says to herself.
"Hurry!!"
Hillary yells at lazing guards and heads towards the carriage.
Brie brings out a ruby necklace and reveals it to Anne.
"This here is a family heirloom, my mother gave it to me when I got married and now its yours."
She puts it into Anne's palm and closes her fingers against it.
"Please protect it, and I hope one day you get to give it to your daughter."
Brie says trembling.
Anne puts on the necklace with a bright smile on her while Brie calms and awards her a look of satisfaction.
"Thank you Mother, Take care of Calah and the baby."
Brie wears a smile as Anne leaves, and on arriving at the carriage, she finds Calah carelessly eavesdropping.
"You know, you always were her favourite child"
"You're jealous?"
Anne asks Calah
Calah throws a weak smirk at Anne and sits, while Podrick and Drae enter into the third carriage which contained the luggages.
"Well, it's going to be a long and boring ride with you, that's for sure."
Drae ignores Podrick throwing his face out the window.
