Everything had seemingly fallen apart for Alicent, and the war had only just begun. She was stressed, overwhelmed, beside herself. So she decided to the leave the Kingdom entirely, sneaking away to camp out in the wilderness for some days, taking only her handmaiden and a knight of the Kingsguard for protection.

Alicent had always been close to her handmaiden, the woman someone she could trust and rely upon. But these days, she found a strange fondness developing.