Chapter 91: Lying without batting an eye

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"What the hell are you doing, Edward? How dare you treat me like that? You are also already a married man, so How can you do something like that and betray Ashara's trust?" Said Lyanna with anger in her voice. The disappointment covered her face. Edward was her best friend at the moment. She considered him her brother, same as Ned, so how could he betray her trust like that. Plus, she and Ashara became good friends after the tourney of Storm's End.

"Forgive me, little Lyanna. That was the only way to do it." Said Edward with a smile. He was shameless at the moment as he was trying to bluff Lyanna to forgive him. He would fake innocence and pretend that he was doing that to protect her.

"Do what?" Asked Lyanna while the anger in her voice did not dissipate for even a little.

"That was blood magic." Said Edward as he tried to manipulate Lyanna. As if he could learn something like blood magic that easily.

Lyanna's face turned pale after hearing his words. She heard about the blood magic and the awful things that it could do. She did not expect Edward to perform such magic on her.

Seeing her face, Edward knew that she was exaggerating the situation in her head, and he had to stop it.

"Don't overthink it, Lyanna. It was for protection, nothing else. I had received a prophecy from a red woman in Essos, saying that a female friend of mine would go through a hard time the next year. And since I do not have any female friends in the north except you, I had to do that. When I asked for a way to protect you, the red woman taught me this magic. But since this was the only way, I had to do this secretly." Said Edward faking a whole new situation. The problem he looked convincing when he said it. It was a complete lie, but in Lyanna's ears, it sounded like caring words.

Lyanna, who was kind and liked situations like this, believed Edward at once. Although Edward was taking advantage of her innocence, he did not care. How many of you can do the same? Kissing a beauty was not something small.

"I believe you, but don't ever do something like that again." Said Lyanna as Edward never disappointed her before, so she believed him. She did not believe that Edward would do something to harm her.

"Since I did as the red woman told me, I hope that nothing wrong happens to you, Lyanna." Said Edward with a smile. He was good at this. Edward could even cheat on Ashara without she could find out. But he would not do something like that. He would be like his brother, Robert, then, and he would get killed at the end by his wife.

"Return to your brothers. I did my best, and I could only pray for the seven that nothing goes wrong this year." Said Edward as he left Lyanna and moved secretly to the Baratheon's tent.

Two days passed, and it was finally the time for the famous feast at which all the lords of Westeros would gather.

Edward did not do anything for the past two days. He did not leave the tent since he came to Harrenhal. He did not want to get stuck with the other lords who would try to get close to him.

While Edward was doing nothing, Ned got close to Howland Reed in those two days, and they became good friends.

Since it was the day of the feast, Edward had to attend. While he was walking all the way, trying to find Lord Arryn, multiple lords stood in the way, trying to talk to Edward.

After greeting those Lords and getting rid of them, he found his way to Lord Arryn. It seemed that Ned and Robert had found him before him as Edward saw them setting together with the rest of Lords of the Vale. Edward did not see Robert in the past two days and did not know where he had spent the two nights.

"Edward, you came. Come and have a seat." Said Jon with a smile when he saw Edward coming towards him.

Robert and Ned greeted him as well when he came close. Edward looked around to see if he could locate Brandon. Edward found him sitting with the other lords of the North, not far away from him.

Edward whispered something in his squire, Andar Royce's ears. He wanted him to send a message to Brandon, who was enjoying his time at the other table.

When Edward sat down facing Lord Arryn, he looked around, and when he saw that the other lords were busy enjoying the feast, he whispered to Lord Arryn.

"Lord Arryn, we need to talk." Said Edward in a soft voice, not garnering any attention from the other Lords.

Jon turned to look at Edward to see what he needed, but when he saw his signal, he knew that the matter was significant and they had to talk alone.

"After the feast, meat me with Brandon Stark in my tent. Don't let anyone else follow you, except Ned and Robert." Said Edward with a soft voice. It was finally time to make Lord Arryn knew some details so he could get prepared.

Jon looked around him and then nodded to Edward. He would know everything when he met Edward after the feast.

Andar Royce, who was ten years old this year, came back and whispered to Edward that he had sent the message to Brandon. Edward nodded to him and told him to go and greet his father and enjoy the feast.

The joyous atmosphere continued to a late hour. After the feast, Brandon Stark found Lord Arryn, and both of them made their way to Edward's tent.

When they entered, they found Edward with Ned and Robert sitting next to him. Edward's eight men were around as well. Lord Arryn greeted them before taking a seat next to Edward. Brandon did the same.

"What is it, Edward? Why did you want to meet us here?" Said Jon with a serious voice. He knew that Edward would not behave like that if it was not that important.

Brandon, Ned, and Robert also paid attention to Edward.