He was surrounded by men she did not recognize, young squires in the livery of Lannister and Baratheon, strangers all. Tell them I want to see the riverlands afire from the Gods Eye to the Red Fork. See that no one disturbs his rest without leave from me. Cersei smiled again, but that did not make her feel any less anxious.
So when the Targaryen host broke and ran, you gave the pursuit into my hands. The guards smiled at him from their niches as he wound his way down the turret stair, carrying the sword in his good hand. He died before I was born. He took Sansa's letter and crumpled it in his fist, and she could tell from the way he did it that it was not the first time.
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