AU: Shae helps Sansa escape King’s Landing to become the Lady of Highgarden, as Margaery promised. When Lord Randyll Tarly visits Highgarden with his son Dickon, the young Lord Tarly is smitten with the mysterious “Lady Silverwing of Lorath” the moment he sees her. A passionate affair ensues, until Lord Randyll confronts Shae with the truth of her identity. “Tell my son the truth, or I will.” She remembered the story of Tysha, Tyrion’s first wife. Sons feared their wicked fathers more than anything. Dickon would never denounce his father for a whore.
But not every son is a coward, she learned. Not every man is willing to throw away love for power. And Lord Tarly had already renounced one heir.
It gave her a special sort of satisfaction when the old man realized a whore would be Lady of Horn Hill. Lord Randyll was not just Lord Randyll. He was Lord Tywin, he was every cruel man who would look down on the same whore they’d stick their cocks in.
