Sansa always read stories of noble Knights rescuing fair maidens, stories of heroes and Princes and their fair ladies. Her favorite story was of a Rich and powerful Nobleman who fell in love with a whore and became his lady. A few weeks ago her sat her down along with her mother and explained that he wanted to reestablish an alliance with the Vale. Yohn Royce has a son who is not promised to anyone. If Sansa liked the young man then she and he would marry, if not then Catelyn and Sansa were to return to Winterfell.
Sansa agreed especially after her father told her that he did not wish to make the same mistake he did with Joffrey. So they set out towards the Vale of Arryn. After a week Sansa's group is met by ten Knights and a hundred men to escort them to the Eyrie. When they arrive Lord Royce greets them in the courtyard.
"Welcome Lady Catelyn and Lady Sansa to my home… May I present my son Robar Royce…"
"Lady Sansa I am honored to meet you… You are very beautiful… I hope we can become friends…"
Sansa looks at him, he is not as handsome as Joffrey, but he will do. Robar is tall and strong like his father. "I thank you Lord Robar… I hope we can be friends as well…"
Septa Modane and a few servants are helping Sansa get settled in her given quarters. "He seems like a nice young man…" Septa Modane says.
"Yes… but he is no Prince…"
"Thank the gods your father broke off that betrothal… gods only know what that bastard and his scheming family would have done to us… To keep their filthy secrets…"
There is a knock, "Lord Robar to see the Lady Sansa…"
"I cry your pardon m'lady… I wanted to know if Lady Sansa would like a tour of the Eyrie…"
"I would like that…"
CATELYN
"I have no intention of supporting Stannis… Now I am considering supporting Renly as King…"
Catelyn is talking privately with Yohn Royce in main hall, "With all due respect My Lord… Renly is the younger… He can't inherit before Stannis…"
"Well Renly has more support from the Stormlands and he is backed by House Tyrell… If they defeat Stannis on the battlefield I and all the Vale will bend the knee…"
"And if Stannis wins…"
He sighs, "Well most likely the Vale will declare its independence from the crown…"
"And what of the Targaryens…"
"I will cross that bridge when it comes… No army has ever taken the Eyrie that includes Aegon the Conqueror… These Targaryens have no Dragons…"
"And my sister?"
"I was tempted to put her in a sky cell… She is under house arrest in a guest room… You may see her if you wish… I ask that when you leave take her with you… Out of respect for you and Lord Stark she still lives… But if I hear her voice again I will strangle her with my bare hands for what she did to my Lord…"
Catelyn goes to see her sister, "Cat you have to help me… Yohn Royce has gone mad….He has betrayed me…"
"You betrayed Jon Arryn…"
"Lies there all lies… How can you believe him over your own sister… Do even remember the words of House… or are you all Stark now?"
"Family Duty Honor… I know well the words of House Tully… I also know that as children you gave maidenhood to Petyr Baelish… You confessed to me that you were in love with him and would give him your virtue…"
"I was with child and father made me kill my unborn child…"
"I spoke up for you… Father would not listen to me… You are my sister and I love despite what you think… Lord Royce is handing you over to me…"
"And my son Robin?"
"I will write Lord Commander Mormont and ask him to watch over Robin for your sake…"
SANSA AND ROBAR
"Oh my… So it is true…" Robar takes Sansa to the Nest. It is the stables where Sir Artys Arryn landed and defeated the Griffin King.
"Oh yes… After Artys Arryn defeated the Griffin King he built this for his Great Falcon… He also added onto the Eyrie another wing… I visited this place as a boy…"
"Thank you for showing me this…" He takes Sansa to the gardens and he also shows her the sky cells. "Has anyone ever fallen or jumped…"
"Oh yes… The Sky cells have driven many a man mad… and they jumped to their deaths…" A servant walks up with a tray of cakes and lemon water. "Would like some Lemon cakes?"
"Those are my favorite…"
"I know…"
She looks at him, "How do you know?"
"Your Grandfather Hoster Tully threw a tourney to celebrate your tenth name day… People from the North to Vale and the Riverlands showed up… I saw you from afar and you had a lemon cake in each hand…" They laugh, "You have a beautiful smile…"
"Thank you…"
"All men hope to marry a beautiful woman… It is my hope to marry someone beautiful on the outside and inside… You were engaged to a Prince… and I am glad it didn't work out…"
She smiles, "So am I… If it had not we would have never met…"
He leans in to kiss her, but Septa Modane clears her throat. Sansa looks at her and smiles then she kisses him. At dinner Yohn Royce tells them that the North has declared Eddard Stark King in the North. A few days later Sansa and Robar stand before the court of the Eyrie and declare their love for each other. A feast is held and then Catelyn sends a letter to Eddard in regards to the betrothal.