Chapter 53 - Reaction from All Parties (III)
"Always expect betrayal from the one you least expect, believe me, it will make the pain less painful." Advice from an old woman, Olenna of House Tyrell.
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The Reach - High Garden.
Margaery stood in a corner, watching her parents, siblings and grandmother arguing with heated and somewhat rude words, mainly from her grandmother, Olenna. The girl could feel the tense atmosphere in the air.
Mace Tyrell, Lord of High Garden, Lord Paramount of the Mander, Defender of the Marches, High Marshal of the Reach, Warden of the South and head of House Tyrell, looked at his mother and asked with a slightly apprehensive tone:
"What are we going to do, Mother?"
Olenna looked at her cowardly son and was still amazed that such a stupid creature had come out of her womb. Letting out a weary sigh, she stared at him with a touch of coldness that made the Guardian of the South wince.
"Stop acting like a child. You're the fucking Guardian of the South, act like it, you big stupid green pig."
Mace just ducked his head and cringed like a little boy at his mother's words, something his wife, Alerie Hightower, found amusing. She laughed and held her husband's arm, gently comforting him.
"A raven has arrived from King's Landing. The king has invited House Tyrell to a tournament to commemorate Prince Joffrey's Name Day." With his wife's help, Mace spoke in an excited tone. In his eyes, this was House Tyrell's chance to get engaged to the crown prince of the Iron Throne.
Looking at the growing ambition in her son's eyes, Olenna let out another weary, helpless sigh.