Lauralye released his arm when they were away from her father and his men. She looked at Robert when he spoke, thanking her for getting him out of the hairy situation he had been in moments before. She smiled and nodded, "My father... is not always a kind man. He allows what he believes to over shadow what is... You are the only person in this castle whom I have more power over than my father. You are the only person who I can protect from my father... And it is his own doing. He'll hate it... but I will make sure that you are treated kindly unless you prove that you need to be treated otherwise."

She smiled at him and walked down the hall and out a set of doors, into a garden. She took a seat on a bench and placed her hands in her lap, "This is one of my favourite places in the palace..."