Wolf Queen

chapter fourteen

Everyone gathered around the stake to watch Shae be burned alive.

"Most of you may be asking to yourselves, 'Why is the queen burning this poor innocent girl alive?' Well, I'm here to answer that," I say and point to my stitched up wound, "you see this? This is where this girl tried to kill me. Luckily it did not go deep as I grabbed it just in time to stop her. The maester saved my life."

I make eye contact with Jon. He smiles and nods.

"This girl is in no way innocent. She did not give me mercy by trying to kill me," I look back at her, "but i am kind, and this is her mercy. This is what she gets."

Shae shakes her head and tears rush down her cheeks. "No, my queen, please! Please don't do this!"

The guard hands me a torch that is lighted and I light the wood pyre. The flames slowly start to engulf her.

Shae continues to scream at the top of her lungs. I roll my eyes. Everything I done as queen I had second thoughts about. Not this. There's no way in hell I would ever regret this.

Everyone chanted as she screamed. They were agreeing with me to kill her.

I watched her as she screamed. The flames now engulfed her and she died. Tommen stood beside me and looked at her dead body.

"She deserved this." He says.

I nod in agreement. "Aye, she did. I just wish Tyrion could have been here to see it."

Cersei stands on the other side of me. Tommen looks at Cersei and then back to me. "I'll see you in a little bit."

I watch as he walks away.

"Can we speak," she asks, "alone?"

"Yes." I say.

Cersei begins walking and I follow beside her. In my mind, I was imagining what she would say and how she would say it. Would it be bad?

We enter her chambers and we sit. She takes two goblets and pours wine in them both, handing me one. I take it and look at it. I wasn't much of a wine drinker.

"So," she says, "the rumors were false."

"They were," I confirm as I bring the goblet to my lips.

"But yet, just two days ago I came to pay my respects. I saw your body," she takes a drink of wine, keeping eye contact with me, "your dead body."

"Oh, really? Well, I was out for a long-"

"How are you alive?" She cuts me off.

I shrug. "Honestly? I have no idea. I woke up yesterday morning suddenly. Tommen told me a priestess resurrected me and left in a hurry."

"Hm," she takes another drink, "what was it like?"

I sit and think. It was cold and dark. Darkness surrounded me.

"Nothing." I tell her.

"Nothing?" Cersei questions.

I nod. "Nothing. There was nothing."

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Some nights I slept alone. Tonight was one of them. Tommen would stay and overlook some things. I wanted him to stay because I didn't like to sleep alone. It made me feel like I had nobody. My family was scattered all over Westeros.

Sansa and Arya was god knows where and Jon was at Castle Black. Bran and Rickon were still in Winterfell, I think. God, what I would give to have them with me right now.

In my ear I heard the door creak. I figured it was Tommen so I didn't turn over. A pair of strong arms grabbed me and covered my mouth. I tried to scream but they were muffled.

I was dragged out of the room and down to the courtyard. The pyre. They were taking me to the pyre. A rope was put in my mouth so I couldn't scream. I was tied up.

"With love, from Roose Bolton." The man said.

He lit a torch and lit the pyre. I tried to scream and get free. The two men laughed and walked off as I burned alive.

I was freaking out too much to even feel it burn. The flames grew toward my face. Why wasn't I dead yet? I tried to relax and accept my fate. Why wasn't it burning me? It didn't even hurt. What the hell was going on?

-

As the flames died, I pulled the rope out of my mouth. I looked at my now naked body. Unburnt. I was unburnt. How is that possible?

I quickly ran to my chambers before anyone found me. I shut the door behind me and barred it. Tommen looked at me.

"Lyanna, I was so worried about you. Where were you?" He asks worriedly.

"Tommen, when I tell you this you mustn't treat me like I am crazy."

"Never."

I quickly dress. I sit down and rub my forehead. "Two men came and took me from my bed last night. They tied me to the pyre and lit it on fire. I am unburnt."

Tommen takes his hand and rubs it against my cheek. On his fingers is ash.

"Ash..." Tommen looks at them.

Ash looks up and tilts his head. I smile at him. With everything going on, I almost forgot about him.

"This is true?" Tommen asks, unable to believe it.

"Yes." I tell him.

Tommen looks at my hair in astonishment. "Y-Your hair.."

He takes my hands and pulls me up from the bed, taking me to the mirror. A strand of hair is white.

"Tommen," I say as tears form in my eyes, "what's happening?"

Tommen shakes his head. "I don't know. I'll find out though. You just stay here and keep the door barred shut."

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You'll find out in the next chapter what's happening. ;) I'll start on it tonight and have it published tomorrow.

School is out next Wednesday but I'm not going after friday so I'll have a lot of time on my hands. xD