Chapter 365

MARGAERY TYRELL POV

She sat beside the cold dead body of her husband and then at the grief filled look on Loras' face.

She considered how ironic it was that the death of her husband caused her brother more grief than her.

But then again, their marriage had been nothing but a sham from the start. Renly had only loved Loras and Loras had only loved Renly.

The only thing that saddened her was that she would no long be able to wear the crown and the fact that her brother had been inconsolable since the death of King Renly.

The fact that Loras had been beside him when Renly was killed and had been able to do nothing made it even worse.

And wasn't that a whole different can of worms on it's own.

Renly Baratheon, killed by a shadow that looked like his brother.

The thought alone gave her nightmares.

It was no secrete that King Stannis did not like her family. What if he sent a shadow assassin after her and her family the next time.

She supposed that this was why half the lords from Stormlands joined Stannis. Fear could be a useful tool sometimes.

The other half simply called King Stannis a Kinslayer as well as a monster and went back to their homes.

After the stunt that King Stannis pulled, she very much doubted that he would be able to hold onto the 7 Kingdoms even if he killed Joffrey Baratheon and took the Iron Throne.

She was broken out of her thoughts when she heard a commotion outside the tent.

Not a moment later, a large eagle flew inside and landed on the table beside her.

She stared at it in shock and the eagle stared back at her with some sort of intelligence.

Then the moment was broken as two guards frantically entered the door and their eyes immediately went to the eagle.

"Lady Margaery! Step away from the bird!!" one of them said and moved toward the eagle with a spear in hand.

She came out of her shock and stepped in between the eagle and the man.

"Wait! Don't harm the eagle." She said. She had no idea why she was protecting the eagle in the first place. But she did it nonetheless.

"But Lady Margaery…"

"It might harm…"

"Get out." The voice was soft but somehow everyone was able to hear it.

She turned and saw her brother looked at the two guards who had disturbed his mourning with a look that promised death.

The first guard started to speak but the second older one quickly shut him up and dragged him outside the tent.

Once they were gone, Loras glanced at her before he went back to staring at the dead body of their former king.

She felt sad for Loras but there was nothing she could do for him now.

She turned to look at the eagle and suddenly noticed that the eagle was pointing one of it's foot toward her.

She looked at the foot and noticed a large rolled letter tied to it.

How had she missed it the first time?

She cautiously moved forward and when she was sure that the eagle wasn't going to claw her eyes out, she quickly removed the letter from it's legs.

Once that was done, the eagle flapped it's wings and left the tent.

There was silence once again and she looked at the rolled up letter once again.

It had the seal of a Heart tree on it.

Her heart skipped a beat as she realized who this letter belonged to.

A boy… no, a young man who has become a legend of his own during this war.

Lord Domeric Bolton.

She carefully opened the letter and then read through the contents.

By the time she finished, she was stunned into silence.

Rhaegar Targaryen. Lyanna Stark. Marriage. Boy. Taken by Lord Stark. Hid him from King Robert. Jon Snow. Jaehaerys Targaryen.

It was like a fairy tail come true. And if her grandmother had not beaten foolishness out of her at a young age then she would have almost swooned.

As it was, she quickly started thinking about the benefits of this arrangement.

Even if the Stormlanders had left them, the army of the Reach still amounted over 70,000 men. The combined army of Vale, North and Riverland must have similar number. Plus, they would also have Lord Bolton on their side. The army breaker.

If they joined forces then no one else would be able to challenge them.

She was not sure if all the Northerners or all the lord from Vale would support a Targaryen. But if Lord Stark and Lord Bolton did then all the other Northern lords will follow. The Riverlands will surely support those that saved them from the Lannisters and even if only a few of the Vale lords supported the union, that would be more than enough.

She went to her brother and shook his shoulder. "Loras. Loras."

He stared away from King Renly's corpse and stared at her in annoyance.

"Read this." She said with a serious expression.

Loras nodded and took the letter from her.

After he had gone through the whole letter, he put it down and thought about it for a while.

Then his eyes suddenly sharpened and she could see the determination in his eyes.

"I want to be the one to Kill Stannis. To avenge Renly." He said.

She nodded "He is still organizing his army. If we left now then we might be able to reach Kings Landing before him." She said.

"No." Loras shook his head "If we take Kings Landing then nothing stopping King Stannis from just running away. No. We'll wait for him to breach the walls before we attack him from behind and cut off any escape routes."

She wanted to say that it sounded like a stupid idea and taking Kings Landing before Stannis will be safer but she knew that he'll not be moved in this.

He loved Renly too much and wanted revenge for that.

So she simply nodded.

"We'll get that revenge for you Loras." She said.

"And I'll fulfill your wish to become the queen." He said and she hugged him.