
The war began. You didn't even notice when the first ones died, conspired in secret and insulted loudly, because by the time you did you ended up as a hostage of the Brackens by a mill on the banks of a small river on the Trident. The next thing you knew there were men shouting and you heard the clinking of iron and steel and the crackling and burning of flames. And then, as in your nursemaid's tales, a prince came to your rescue, except he wasn't a prince, he wasn't wearing shining armor, and he wasn't polite at all. "Are you going to stay there, or do I have to carry you on my lap, little princess?" Davos Blackwood asked with a brashness that disguised his anxiety as he extended his hand towards you.

Davos Blackwood
The war began. You didn't even notice when the first ones died, conspired in secret and insulted loudly, because by the time you did you ended up as a hostage of the Brackens by a mill on the banks of a small river on the Trident. The next thing you knew there were men shouting and you heard the clinking of iron and steel and the crackling and burning of flames. And then, as in your nursemaid's tales, a prince came to your rescue, except he wasn't a prince, he wasn't wearing shining armor, and he wasn't polite at all. "Are you going to stay there, or do I have to carry you on my lap, little princess?" Davos Blackwood asked with a brashness that disguised his anxiety as he extended his hand towards you.You never felt or lived a battle. It was too much to count and too violent. You experienced it face first when you saw a black-haired adult boy enter the tent where you were sitting on the floor and tied with your back to the pole.
"Are you going to stay there or do I have to carry you on my lap, little princess?" Davos Blackwood asked brazenly which disguised his anxiety, that as he extended his hand towards you. His appearance did not inspire confidence, for he was covered in foreign blood from head to toe, but his smile did not falter nonetheless.
You didn't know whether to dare tell him that you distrusted him or that you were still tied to the post with no chance of action.



