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Brienna heard yelling from outside and it was mid afternoon. She turned the corner of the house to see a young girl come running and screaming. [color=f7941d]"Help! They are going to kill my father!"[/color]

Brienna grabbed the girl and she followed her. [color=f6989d]"Jason! Jason! Help get Henry!" [/color]

The girl shrank back like she was burned. [color=f7941d]"NO! My father killed Henry because..."[/color] The girl stopped speaking and just ran tugging Brienna with her. [color=f7941d]"Please don't let them kill him!"[/color]

Jason was in the middle of meeting with a few captain of the guards when the screaming began and looked to the captains.[color=ed1c24] "First disturbance?"[/color] he chuckled dryly and ran towards the commotion with three captains following close behind him. As they reached the commotion they were greeted by a hysterical girl holding onto Brienna with a pleading look. [color=ed1c24]"Brienna, what the hell is going on?"[/color] he questioned as he looked towards the girl. 

Brienna stopped and grabbed the girl as they came upon a fight where two men were beating the hell out of each other. Brienna shrieked as they fell and fought too close to her for comfort. She pulled back as Jason and the captains arrived to settle it. She spoke to the girl and held her away from the fighting.

Jason's eyes widened in surprise from the brawl and pointed towards the men as he looked to his captains. [color=ed1c24]"Hurry and break that up!"[/color] he ordered as he rushed to Brienna's side. He heard her shriek and wanted to make sure she wasn't hurt. [color=ed1c24]"Brienna, you okay?" [/color]he asked before looking back to see that the captains had separated the men. He sighed with relief, looked Brienna up and down to make sure there were no injuries and cleared his throat as he marched over to the two beaten men. [color=ed1c24]"Now what the hell is going on here!? What caused you two idiots to fight like this!?"[/color] he barked with gritted teeth?

The girl ran to her father and he grabbed her in a hug and told her not to speak. The other man made a declaration. [color=8dc73f]"He killed Henry and Henry was my brother so I should get to kill him!"[/color]

The girl's father stood up straight. [color=fff200]"I did, I killed Henry so if I die so be it but he'll not be having my daughter."[/color] As the two men got closer the father pushed his daughter behind him and Brienna grabbed her and pulled her back to her. Looking at the girl she turned her around. 

[color=f6989d]"What does your father mean? What is he talking about?"[/color]

Her father kept his eyes on the aggressive man and said "[color=fff200]The foreman would collect tithes and he would take the first of everything.The first fruit, crop and the maidenheads of our girls." [/color]

Brienna was so shocked she held onto the child and the need to protect the child filled her. 

Jason listened to the girl's father with an expressionless look and felt disgust towards the whole situation. A heavy sigh escaped him and he pinched the bridge of his nose. So Henry was killed after he had tried to take a girls innocence and now his brother wanted vengeance? Yep, great start to things. He shook his head and turned towards Henry's brother with a stern look. [color=ed1c24]"Is this true, did Henry do these things?"[/color] he asked. 

Henry's brother nodded plainly, [color=8dc73f]"Of course he did, this is the way it's always been done.The foreman works hard he deserves the firsts. He killed my brother and I want his life for it!" [/color]

Brienna's jaw must have hit the floor. She had no idea that this had been going on for years. Raping girls as if they were just another crop to take. She was stumped. She had been at the castle all this time and this was going on at her own home.

[color=f6989d]"No! My father wouldn't have allowed this!" [/color]Brienna started.

[color=8dc73f]"I'm sorry m'lady but he knew all about it. It's the way and always has been."[/color]

[color=f6989d]"Jason you have to do something."[/color] Brienna was literally shaking she was so upset. The young girl was clinging to her arm. 

It was a struggle for Jason to hold in his emotions as he looked towards Henrys brother and clenched white knuckled fist behind his back. He felt literal disgust towards the two brothers and towards Brienna's father. Jason shook his head and glared towards Henry's brother. [color=ed1c24]"You will not have his life, nor will you continue your services within this estate. I am not your previous Lord, I do not treat anyone with special treatment. You are to gather your things and leave this estate. Captain Zachery, I want you and a few of your men to escort him off of my land by sundown, understood?"[/color] the captain nodded. 

Jason then looked towards Henry's killer with a frown. [color=ed1c24]"As for you, I am not a father, but I can understand why you did what did. I would have done the same thing if I was in your position, but,"[/color] he paused as he glanced over to Brienna and the young girl before looking back to him. [color=ed1c24]"You commited murder, a crime which I cant look away from. You must understand even though Henry was a bastard and most likely deserved his fate, I can not let you off without some sort of punishment,"[/color] he said and looked to his other captains. 

[color=ed1c24]"Escort him to the dungeons, I will figure out what his punishment will be,"[/color] he finished. The guards saluted and began to lead the girls father away into the mansion. 

Brienna watched as the men took the father back and one of the women walked up and the girl turned to her and started crying. Brienna turned to the woman. [color=f6989d]"All women will be protected here. The raping will not be allowed any longer. It is forbidden. It is not allowed to happen elsewhere and it most certainly will not be tolerated here.If anyone harms a girl our captains will know and the aggressor will be dealt with."[/color]

Brienna took her husband's arm and walked back with him. She was seething mad that this had been allowed and encouraged by her father. How had she grown up with this going on and never known?
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