Chapter 79: Sending Lyanna back to the North
A/N: Hey guys,
Here's today's first chapter. Sorry for the wait, I had a lot to do today.
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Edward knew what was in Rhaegar's mind when he saw him behaving like that. He decided to think of something to send Lyanna away. Although he would incur Robert's anger, Edward did not care about Robert's feelings in the first place.
Robert was trying to get close to Lyanna since she came to Stormsland, but the maidan would not give Robert a chance. After a small whisper from Edward about Robert's bastard in the Eyrie, Lyanna was so mad at Robert and refused to give him a chance. When she talked to her father about canceling the engagement, Rickard refused. He was getting many benefits from Edward, and he did not want to risk it at the moment. Although Edward might still help the north because of Ned, Lyanna's betrothal to Robert was more significant and more solid.
After some thinking, Edward figured a suitable idea. He decided to use Robert's misery to his benefit. Edward discussed that night with Lord Stark about sending Lyanna back to Winterfell. Edward told him that he could not see her painful expression. That was why he suggested sending her back to cool down a little bit, as nowhere was better than home to make her calm down.
Rickard hesitated for a moment as he wanted Lyanna to stay a little more to deepen her relationship with Robert. He did not want to risk it by sending her away.
Edward assured him that it was fine as Lyanna was already behaving like that, and they would not be able to solve it as easily as that as Robert and Lyanna would need more time to mend their relationship. So it was better to send Lyanna back. He even offered to send her on a ship he prepared.
Edward was not going to take any risks as Lyanna was the key to the rebellion. He could not start it on his own without any of the other great houses to aid him. Edward could manage to persuade Tywin, but if Tywin found anything wrong, he would throw him under the horse shit and leave him alone to deal with it. Lord Arryn and Lord Stark were honorable more than enough. They would not help him if he the one in the wrong. They would not send their armies to satisfy Edward's wish. They would not support the rebellion without any actual reason. So Lyanna was the key.
After Edward's insistence, Rickard could only agree, especially after seeing his daughter's expression. Lyanna loved to come and participate in tournaments like this. She was like a free bird who wanted to spend some time outside the nest before returning back. That was supposed to be the case as well. But because of Edward's words, she could not stand to stay in Storm's End anymore. She had already begged her father to send her back when she knew about Robert's bastard, but Rickard refused.
With Edward's help, she could go back now. Before Edward left, she gave him a small kiss on the chick without anyone noticing. She was grateful for Edward, who helped her when nobody else did, not even her brother, Ned, could help her.
After preparing the ship that would take Lyanna to White Harbor, where she would take a carriage back to Winterfell, Edward could only sigh in relief that everything went the way he wanted. Even with Robert's angry look, Edward did not care. He almost fucked everything up due to his idiocy. How did Edward come with such a bad idea? What was he thinking by only depending on a damn glass? Edward should have appointed one of his men to follow Lyanna's every move and prevent her from getting into Rhaegar's sight. It was his fault that everything got blown up by his hands. How could he get the lands that he wanted?
Edward had his eyes on some lands in Crownland and a part of the Reach. He had the thought to take them during the rebellion with some of the coastal area of Dorne. Edward did not make enough preparation to take them. He did not have enough men nor gold dragons to start such an operation. He had to wait and be patient without fucking everything up. His brother, Robert, could go to hell. It was enough for Edward to make Robert the king. Although he would be just a puppet, he would drink and whore all he wanted. Wasn't that enough gift from Edward? Edward was acting nicely here by giving all those benefits. If Edward did not want to hide behind Stormsland and let the other kingdoms kill each other before participating in this shit, he would have replaced Robert.
At the moment, Edward's thoughts were on how to make Rhaegar suffer. He wanted to humiliate him, but Rhaegar was still the prince, and Edward could not do that openly. He prepared to target Rhaegar's horse during the match. Would not it be a good idea if Edward was able to injure him a little while making the horse pull on the ground? Edward hoped that he would not fuck things up and kill Rhaegar in the process. That would be another way to kill himself without knowing.
After preparing everything and kissing Ashara, Edward took her to her booth before going to the waiting area. He was ready to kick a prince's ass and did not need any squire to help him wear his armor.
When it was finally time, Edward entered the field. He could see all the crowd standing up and cheering for him and Rhaegar, who had entered the field, at the same time from the other direction.
After waving a little to the crowd, Edward moved towards his horse. When he rode it and held the lance in his hand, he was confident with himself. He had trained on this special move, which would surprise Rhaegar and make Edward defeat him before the fifth or the sixth round. This move required great strength and took a toll on Edward's body to perform it.