Snippet #1475795

Adelaide took her seat beside Raban and Lady Greyhardt, though she seemed somewhat distracted. Inside, she was fuming at her brother's pure insolence and idiotic behaviour today. She watched him with narrowed eyes along the table, as he made small talk with Lord Greyhardt. He was such a childish fool when it came to politics and the workings of it all. Some part of her wanted Jamie to win the tourney and show her brother a thing or two, but deep down she knew that her brother must win, for otherwise the family would be outed from the throne to the Winslers, that much was sure. But Lionel needed to be taught a lesson soon, or else he put them all in danger because of this ridiculous grudge that he held against the Winsler family. Throughout the meal, she was almost silent, only responding to questions directed at her, otherwise she played with her food, pushing it absent-mindedly around her plate as she did. Glancing at Raban, she realised that Lionel must have brought him off after she had left, or something of the sort. Even the family needed to be bribed to love one another. It made her positively sick. Standing, she excused herself from Lady Greyhardt and Raban, barely gracing them with a glance, her face paled and her eyes worried. Lionel was poisoning everyone. Ever since they were younger he had made their lives hell. And now he thought that buying Raban off would work. In truth, it probably would. Raban craved Lionel's attention.

As she stepped away from the table, the dancing began and she turned, watching Lionel ask Isabel Greyhardt to dance. A small smirk befell her lips and quickly she headed back towards the side table where the Winslers' were sat. It took a lot of courage to walk to the lesser table, like walking into the lions' den, as it were. Coming to a halt behind Kervall, she reached out and tapped his shoulder, clearing her throat at the same time. "Ser Kervall, would you care to dance? I am simply to dying to get up there and it would appear that everyone is already either paired, or my family." She set him with a bright smile, tucking her hair behind her ear. If Lionel wanted to be an idiot, well then she wouldn't stop him. No, she'd just annoy him as much as she possible could. But her reason for asking Kervall to dance wasn't just revenge on her brother (if that had been the case, then she would have asked Jamie). It was the look they had shared earlier. She wanted to know more about him. If that meant making her brother and family mad, then she'd do it. Just to prove a point.