She didn't used to sleep this well. Laying with him, was the only way she'd been able to sleep, knowing that she was safe, in his arms, it allowed her to relax.
He wasn't in bed anymore so she pulled herself up, her hair a tangled mess from his fingers, and her skin a little stiffen from his love bites.
She ran her fingers through her hair, brushing the dark waves back into their original position, before she made her way around the room, collecting her clothes.
She left the room as The Crimson Lady, her face hidden behind a mask that only Flint could remove, she made her way downstairs to find Max seemingly not to happy with one of her girls. Robyn watched the events unfold.
"How much did you charge that man?" Max asked, it was clear at least to Robyn Max knew exactly how much.
The girl was a mousy looking thing, she was ample in the chest, but she wasn't much of a looker.
"What I was supposed to, Max." She said, clearly testing the waters and Max cocked her head." What you were supposed to?" She asked, "You charged him 20 pieces....I know this man, I know what he likes, and Mothering cost 10 pieces...." She said.
The girl rolled her eyes "Give him the money back." Max ordered and the girl turned up her nose. "I will not, I don't know why you are even here, Max, You were just Eleanor's bitch until she threw you---"
Max hand came up so fast, the girl didn't see it coming. Robyn did, and she chuckled.
"Watch yourself, This is my house, and you live in it, Give him what you owe him, and perhaps I will forget what you just said." She said, and The girl huffed, reaching in her chest and pulled a purse from her breast. She pulled the coin and handed it to the man.
"Good, Go wash up, you have another client, He likes to use his fingers..." She told him and the girl swallowed before dashing off and right passed Robyn.
"What, you have something you want to say, so say it." Max said and Robyn laughed. " I was just going to congrulate you on that." Robyn said with a thumb toward where the girl rushed off to. " They all tried it, to pull one over on me, they think because I was never one of them, I don't know how to run this place."
"Well up until a few moments ago, I believed that very thing." Robyn said with a shrug. "Are you sure what to leave all this?" She asked and Max took a breath. "I have to find my brother, let him know that I'm still alive, but I never I was going to stay...." She said, and Robyn saw she wasn't just speaking for herself. "You make him happy, and he does the same for you..."
"Ah ah, don't do that, Max, whatever word magic you do with them, you will not do with me." Robyn said with a chuckle, and was only half joking. She was eerily good with her words, Robyn saw through it only because she knew the truth, the others, didn't stand a chance.
Max held up her hands. "Fair enough," she said and Robyn sighed. "So you think you'll be able to return to all this, once you've had a taste of your old life."
"My old life wasn't the best, it was just a gilded cage, I was supposed to be married to the son of a horrible man, I didn't even get to see what my husband looked like, I never met him, I was just supposed to ride out, and marry him just like that. I'll be able to return without regret." She said and Robyn frowned. "Robb was supposed to be married too,"
Robyn looked at her, with wide eyes. " What?"
"Same horrible man wanted him to marry one of his ugly daughters....That's where we were on our way too, He doesn't like to talk about it, what happened that day, but you should ask him, The Stark Men like to retreat to themselves when things get complicated, you have to coax him, and he'll come around." She told her and Robyn could see that her mind drifted for a moment, someplace dark, her hand rose to her neck and the small scar there. "Alright, are you ready?" She asked, and Max nodded. "Yes," She said and they both headed up to her room and gathered her belongings. "So who is going to be running things while your gone?" Robyn asked. "A friend of mine, Marden, between you and I, I don't have a worry that he'll be partaking in the product." She said and Robyn's brow hit the top of her head. "ah, well, very well then. Let's go." She said, and soon they met up with her brother and Gates. "Headed to the North?" Gates asked and Robyn nodded. "Indeed." She said, looking at Flint, there was a smile on her lips but a question in her eyes. She wanted to know what happened, why he thought he died that day, she wanted to know all of it, but she figured it would come later. There would be many nights between here and the North. She would learn about the man she loved.