Game of Changes ~Jaime Lannister~

Things are in the Works

The next morning, Arabella woke up to an empty bed. Jaime had left and a while ago judging by how cold his side of the bed was. Arabella began to wonder what her husband was up to. The sun was just beginning to rise and she knew that it was going to be hours before anyone came in the room to check on her. She also knew that no one, other than her husband and a few members of the castle's staff. She figured she'd dress herself and go see if her father was awake, or eat breakfast with her sister's, whom she deeply missed. She let her hair down, not wanting to fight putting it up, and wore a blue dress with a purple cloak over it. The dress without her knowledge made her eyes look more purple than their normal blue.

True to Arabella's thinking the halls of the castle were bare besides for very few servants. She had made it to the hands tower and only passed a handful of them. When she arrived in the quarters she could see a light coming from her father's room. She had a feeling her father was over working, like normal. She knocked on her father's door. The sound of papers being pushed about was heard from within the room before a call to come in came out.

"Father, you need to rest. Have you been resting since we got here," Arabella said out to her father.

"Arabella, what are you doing here? Why aren't you in your chambers resting," he asked dodging her question.

"I'll answer your question if you answer mine," she quipped.

"I have rested when I can," he said with a smile before raising his eyebrow to encourage her answer.

"I woke up early and Jaime wasn't there, figured I would come here to see if you or the girls were up," she explained smiling.

"How much do you trust your husband," he questioned getting serious.

"That's a strange question, father. I trust him to protect me, or I at least hope he will," she told him, her smiling falling from her lips and her eyebrows coming together in worry.

"What of Tyrion,"

"I'd trust him more than his brother. Which might not seem like saying much, but I feel that he would be more honest. Where is this coming from," she questioned.

"What I tell you, you can't tell anyone, though I fear this will have a bad outcome for you," he tells me, "Read this. It's from your mother".

Arabella took the letter from her father and read over its contents. It said that Bran was attacked and she believed that Tyrion was the one who planned it and she was holding him for the crimes he committed. Each word made her eyes widen with shock. Not able to believe the words she was reading.

"Father, I highly doubt Tyrion has anything to do with it. He was nothing but nice to our family during his time with us, and he even helped me by bringing me books to read. It has to be someone else," she told him.

"Your mother found a blonde hair up there where Bran fell,"

"The queen is involved or," she paused, "Jaime".

"I have a theory. I've been researching the princess and princes. Something Jon Arynn was looking into before he died. I found his journal. It said the seed is strong with him," he started.

"Father, what you are suggesting could be grounds for treason or worse. Wait how did you get the letter from mother," she paused her rant to question the truth behind it.

"A friend of your mother's brought it to me. She trusts him,".

"But do you trust him,"

"If your mother does then so do I,"