Joy Anna Prince

I couldn't run anywhere right now if my life depended on it. "I just...I don't understand Tywin. I'm realizing that my life is just...stuck. I can't forward, can't go back. I'm just stuck."

I didn't say anything for a minute. "I've kept tabs on your family. And the man you would have married. Just out of curiosity. He married someone else. Do you want to know what her life is like? How very different it is from the life I gave you?"

"I don't feel like being lectured, so please save it. I know my life has been far better by being here with you but you're still refusing to understand my point of view."

"And you're still refusing to understand mine. The bottom line of this Joy, is that you are my slave. Now I have never treated like a slave. Not until now anyway. I am not going to let you go, simply because you feel stuck. You are mine. You belong to me. You are my slave. You have no choice in where you go in life, and were I a cruel master I could've whipped you raw or worse for that display up in my office. And no one would've done anything about it. I made you my mistress. I gave you everything you could've wanted. And you want more. I don't give it to you and suddenly I am the bad guy. Personally I think you are just being selfish."

"You have me for a mistress and you're still hitting the whore house too? Yet, I'm the selfish one...okay."

"As I said before, what I do is none of your business. If you want to continue to have this attitude with me, you can just stay in here for all I care. I will not be disrespected or disobeyed by one of my servants. I do not tolerate it from any of them and I will not tolerate it from you."

If I ever wanted to see Ian again I had to lose my attitude with Tywin. I knew that but it was difficult...I sighed a little. "I'm sorry...again. I guess I just keep making one mistake after the other these days."

"Then I think it is way past time you start thinking about your actions before you do them, and your words before you speak."

"I'm sorry for what I said. I know you've done what you can to protect me so I'll have a better life. I guess it's just hard to accept that I'm...a slave." I still didn't want to look at him, I reached up and wiped my eyes. "I do have love for you. Even if I haven't shown it lately." I said, feeling my heart start to race but it aside, it was probably just my nerves.

"And you know I care for you. That's why I've never treated you like a normal slave, even before you became my mistress. I don't want to mistreat you Joy, I don't want you down here in the dungeon. That's not where you belong. You belong with me."

"I know I do." I nodded.

"Then are you ready to come back home?"

"Yes, if you're ready to let me."

"If you're ready to behave, then I'm more than ready. I've missed you," I said and took out my keys to unlock the cell.

I stood as he opened the cell door and my heart was even worse. What in the world? "I've missed you....too" I barely got out the last part when I collapsed.

"Joy!" I yelled and caught her as she fell. I picked her up and hurried out of the cell with her, back to the house, and upstairs to the infirmary.

Tywin ran into my Infirmary carrying Miss. Prince. Her color didn't look well at all, almost bluish. "What's happened?" I asked him as I rushed over "Nurses, let's get her on a bed!"
-Doctor.

"We were just talking and she collapsed, no warning," I said as I laid her n the bed.

Tywin

"Alright, we'll stabilize her and figure out what's going on. Do you know her medical history?"
-Doc

"It should all be on file already."

"If you don't mind I'll need you to step out so I can start running tests to see what's going on."
-Doc

"How exactly am I going to be in your way if I stay in here?"

"Feel free to stay if you want, sir." I said and went to work with my nurses. We hooked her up to an IV and I began checking her vitals. "Her heart beat is off."
Doc

"What does that mean?"

"Her heart seems to be racing but I've seen her before and I've never discovered any defects. We have more technology here, I'll start running tests."
-Doctor