"I crossed a thousand leagues to come to you, and lost the best part of me along the way. Don't tell me to leave.

She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.
~ George R. R. Martin ~











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