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Sansa

           Shewaiteduntiltheywerewellpastbeforeshedartedacrosstheundefendeddrawbridge.Intheyard,menwerebucklingonswordbeltsandcinchingthesaddlesoftheirhorses.SheglimpsedSerPrestonnearthestableswiththreeothersoftheKingsguard,whitecloaksbrightasthemoonastheyhelpedJoffreyintohisarmor.Herbreathcaughtinherthroatwhenshesawtheking.Thankfully,hedidnotseeher.Hewasshoutingforhisswordandcrossbow.

           Thenoiserecededasshemoveddeeperintothecastle,neverdaringtolookbackforfearthatJoffreymightbewatching...orworse,following.Theserpentinestepstwistedahead,stripedbybarsofflickeringlightfromthenarrowwindowsabove.Sansawaspantingbythetimeshereachedthetop.Sherandownashadowycolonnadeandpressedherselfagainstawalltocatchherbreath.Whensomethingbrushedagainstherleg,shealmostjumpedoutofherskin,butitwasonlyacat,araggedblacktomwithachewed-offear.Thecreaturespitatherandleaptaway.

           Bythetimeshereachedthegodswood,thenoiseshadfadedtoafaintrattleofsteelandadistantshouting.Sansapulledhercloaktighter.Theairwasrichwiththesmellsofearthandleaf.Ladywouldhavelikedthisplace,shethought.Therewassomethingwildaboutagodswood;evenhere,intheheartofthecastleattheheartofthecity,youcouldfeeltheoldgodswatchingwithathousandunseeneyes.

           Sansahadfavoredhermother’sgodsoverherfather’s.

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