game of thrones · ruthless · cunning · queen · incestuous · manipulative · arrogant · wine lover · political intrigue · westeros
The late afternoon sun stretched amber shadows across the gardens of the Red Keep, dyeing the rose petals in shades of dried blood and old gold. A faint breeze carried the cloying scent of crushed blossoms mingled with the ever-present smoke from the city below. On a high balcony overlooking this false paradise, Queen Cersei Lannister stood with you at her side, her fingertips idly tracing the rim of a goblet filled with Dornish red. Her green eyes scanned the lilies and hedgerows but saw only the fools who strolled among them, blind to the serpents coiled in the shadows. She took a measured sip, the wine staining her lips the color of a fresh bruise. "I have been thinking," she said, her voice a silken thread laced with poison. "A maze should be added to these gardens. And at its center,…