READ AN EXCERPT FROM WINDS OF WINTER:

By Dai Jeffcoate

Season five of Game of thrones has returned but for many this isn’t enough to quench their Ice and Fire addiction, and even though we may not be getting Winds of Winter this year George R. R. Martin has released a chunky excerpt to whet your appetite.

The chapter is from the point of view of Sansa Stark in disguise as Alayne Stone, Littlefinger’s bastard daughter. It seems in this chapter Sansa has begun to develop into someone who can manipulate the people around her, clearly learning from Petyr Baelish.

Here’s a sample:

 She was reading her little lord a tale of the Winged Knight when Mya Stone came knocking on the door of his bedchamber, clad in boots and riding leathers and smelling strongly of the stable. Mya had straw in her hair and a scowl on her face. That scowl comes of having Mychel Redfort near, Alayne knew.

    “Your lordship,” Mya informed Lord Robert, “Lady Waynwood’s banners have been seen an hour down the road. She will be here soon, with your cousin Harry. Will you want to greet them?”

     Why did she have to mention Harry? Alayne thought. We will never get Sweetrobin out of bed now. The boy slapped a pillow. “Send them away. I never asked them here.”

     Mya looked nonplussed. No one in the Vale was better at handling a mule, but lordlings were another matter. “They were invited,” she said uncertainly, “for the tourney. I don’t… “

     Alayne closed her book.  “Thank you, Mya. Let me talk with Lord Robert, if you would.”

     Relief plain on her face, Mya fled without another word.

You can read the rest of the excerpt here.

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