"Varys... very good..." Gendry gave a cold smile.
"A true king. The Seven Kingdoms need a true king," Gendry replied. "But next we'll have an Imp King and a traitor king. This position won't be easy to claim. Bring Jon here."
"Your Grace." Grey Wolf brought over a grief-stricken Jon. Three Starks were now trapped in King's Landing, and given what Jon suspected, his spirits were naturally low.
"I would gladly pledge my loyalty to you," Jon said. "But Lord Eddard and my sisters are imprisoned. It cuts me to the heart."
Gendry looked at Jon. What even Jon had guessed, Lord Eddard might well have foreseen, yet things had already come to this.
"I'll find a way to rescue Lord Eddard," Gendry promised him.
"Then I would be forever grateful." Jon lowered his head.
"All right, good lad. Go and rest. The king has more important matters to attend to," Ser Barristan Selmy told Jon.
"The imp on the Iron Throne has probably already announced his Oath List, ordering them to appear at court immediately and swear fealty. Those who refuse will be deemed traitors, their lands and titles reclaimed by the crown," Ser Barristan Selmy said.
"It is indeed a long list, Lord Barristan, and you are on it too," Qyburn said. "Lord Stannis Baratheon, his wife and their daughter, Lord Renly, Earl Royce and his brothers and their sons, Ser Loras Tyrell, Lord Mace Tyrell and his brothers, uncles and sons, Thoros, the Red Priest of Myr, Earl Beric Dondarrion, Lady Lysa Arryn and her son Little Robert, Lord Hoster Tully and his brother Ser Brynden, his son Ser Edmure, Lord Jason Mallister, Earl Bryce Caron of the Dornish Marches, Earl Tytos Blackwood, Marquis Walder Frey and his heir Ser Stevron, Earl Karyl Vance, Earl Jonos Bracken,