LION'S LEGACY | ROBB STARK [2]

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  LION'S LEGACY
77. Father/Son reunion

    Weeks before the battle that ended with Annalys reuniting with two of her daughters, in King's Landing, Robb had rushed to the room Alerie and Prince Tommen had been kept in during the wedding ceremony. The guards were lying dead outside the room and Robb became horrified by the blood that covered the walls.

He tried to remain calm, slowly entering the room to find Prince Tommen beaten beyond recognition on the ground.

He took a deep breath, trying not to break down as he walked over to Alerie's crib.

Handprints of blood stained the sheets, but Alerie was not in her crib.

"Looking for something?" A familiar Dornish voice spoke up, causing Robb to slowly turn around to see Oberyn Martell standing before him, holding a sleeping Alerie in his arms.

"Did you--" Robb began to ask, gesturing toward the dead body of the small boy as he rushed to take his daughter from Oberyn's arms.

"Of course not. I could have only hoped to save that boy as I did with your daughter," Oberyn explained in a calm tone, earning a questioning look from Robb, "From where I come, we do not believe it's fair to punish a child for their family's mistakes."

Robb gave Oberyn a sympathetic look. He knew what the Dornish man meant. After all, Oberyn's sister's children had been killed in the same fashion when Tywin Lannister sacked King's Landing.

"I have your two youngest sons, Your Grace," Oberyn suddenly revealed, causing Robb to stare at him in disbelief, "I have them hidden at a brothel just a few miles from here. I can take you to them."

"You have Rickard?" was all Robb asked, disregarding the fact that Oberyn had little Edric as well.

It wasn't that he didn't care about Edric, it was just obvious that Oberyn would have to small boy with him. After all, Oberyn had raised Robb's youngest son for several years now.

All he cared about was figuring out how the hell Oberyn got ahold of Rickard when no one else could.

"Take me to them," Robb demanded in a stern tone and Oberyn wasted no time nodding his head.

With that, Oberyn and Robb fled the castle with Alerie, rushing to the brothel. However, when they got there, they were horrifed when they found the entire place turned upside down, bodies of knights and whores scattered all over the establishment.

Robb had become even more horrified when he heard dozens of men shouting Lyanna's name all throughout King's Landing, as if it had been her idea to turn the capital into a bloodbath in the first place.

Robb had turned to Oberyn, a horrified look on his face. Where were his sons? Were they safe?

Just a few streets away, Rickard was cursing loudly as the Hound dragged both him and his younger brother to safety. Edric had heard more swears come out of his brother's mouth than he even thought existed.