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Sansa sits with Cersei as the queen gets both news of the battle and becomes increasingly drunk. Sansa's heart almost stops when Cersei says she knows of Sansa’s treasons in the godswood. Finally, Cersei reveals that Ser Ilyn Payne is there to remove their heads, if Stannis should take the castle. Simon and Mackelly scan the room for exits.

Chapter Review:
Sansa Stark sits next to Queen Cersei in the Queen’s Ballroom of Maegor’s Holdfast, along with the other highborn ladies. Osney and Osfryd Kettleblack bring updates regarding the battle. Both the King’s Gate and the Mud Gate are under attack. That’s too close for the queen’s comfort, as King Joffrey is at the giant trebuchets inside the Mud Gate. She commands that he be brought back inside Maegor’s Holdfast.

The two ladies pass the time by Cersei explaining what being a woman is really like to Sansa. Tears and feminine wiles are a woman’s weapons, she explains. She wishes she’d been trained to wield a sword, like her twin brother Jamie, so she wouldn’t have to sit here so helplessly. But, despite being the Queen Regent of the Seven Kingdoms, she has little power to do anything aside from sit here with the other frightened hens, who she has little respect for.

Sansa inquires about the plan, should the castle fall. Cersei says she will give herself over to Stannis, if Maegor’s Holdfast holds until he arrives. If it doesn’t, they’ll be in for a rough night. However, later she reveals that she’s kept Ser Ilyn Payne around in the event the castle falls. If that happens, Ser Ilyn will take their heads, yes Sansa’s too. Cersei will not have House Stark benefit from the fall of House Lannister.

Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Sansa Stark - Eldest daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully. Betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon. Captive of the Lannisters.
Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Mother of King Joffrey Baratheon.
King Joffrey Baratheon First of His Name - bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister.
Tyrion “The Imp” Lannister - brother to Queen Cersei. Acting Hand of the King.
Shae - Tyrion’s lover. Handmaiden to Lollys Stokeworth.
Lollys Stokeworth - recently raped member of the court. Deeply scarred and rumored to

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