A slave's devotion

Astrid expected him to be all smiles like he was in the afternoon when he invited her, but instead, he was distressed. He looks at her up and down and smiles at the outfit, but rather than his usual straight-to-the-sex approach and arrogant smirks, he sighs and invites her into the study.

Astrid is surprised and a bit disappointed, but follows him anyway.

"I exiled Tommen." He drops the bomb as soon as they sit down and Astrid’s face drops.

"Why?"

"He was the one that hired that assassin. And he used Lanna to cover it up. That night that we arrived, he was planning to have her killed."

Astrid can't process what is happening right now. Tommen? The second prince sent an assassin to kill her? Why?

"Why?" Is all she can ask.

Loras sighs, not looking too surprised, just very disappointed.

"When Lysa was pregnant it was a war in itself to keep her and the child alive. Every day something would happen and I ended u having to hide Lysa until she gave birth. Everyone knew it was Tommen, but my