A girl had gifts to give… but not hers.
The Red Woman sat in the inn the girl named Arya Stark took her, waiting. Arya’s heart wrestled with her head. She took Gendry, she is on my list! said a side. Surely, this was the work of the gods. They had given Arya a present, the opportunity to slice the red bitch’s throat like she did Meryn Trant’s.
But there is only one God. The Many-Faced kind.
“I am at peace,” repeated the Red Woman. Her eyes betrayed her, gleaming, yet not as much as the ruby against her throat. “I have done my duty. Now you must do yours.”
She was right in front of her. Arya’s Needle glistened in her hand. Braavos was a world away, far from where she stood. No one needed to know, not even the gods.
You will know.
A girl could not do it. She dropped her sword and began to turn away.
“I hoped it would be different,” the Red Woman said after her. “There are battles beyond yours that need to be fought. Pledge your cause to them, before you die fighting your own. If the living are to lose, the night will be dark…”
A girl had left the room in disgust by then. The craven. Thought I would take her life as a gift. Arya Stark had other gifts in mind.
When the innkeeper found the body, he wondered why a woman already as close to death as this one gave up. Maybe it was the winds.
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End of episode – S07E03 will be published on Sunday, 15th July 2018, 8:30 am GMT
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