After her visit to Carmella Dondarrion's apartments, Jyana Arryn runs into her good cousin, Jonn Lannister. Reminded of his promise to tell her a story from the night of the homecoming feast, Jonn tells her of how he was knighted...and where his hatred of his brother, Jaesin, truly comes from.
The day following Ser Doran and Ser Sarmion's confrontation in the yard, Carmella is paid a visit by a couple of ladies, including Lady Jyana who had stayed with her through the night.
Three of the hostages discuss their situation, and the conversation seems to suggest that it might be wise for their keepers to worry the most about their female guests.
Lady Aurana Buckler, on her way to the Sept, decides to pay a visit on Lady Elanna Baratheon. She encounters the young Baratheon heir outside his familys Manse and end up having a rather interesting conversation with him as they stroll through the gate together.
Comedy arises when young Jyana Arryn is besieged by a group of very young gossips, culminating in an impromptu chase through the surrounding trees. A squire and a knight come to her rescue, and when the squire takes his leave, the curious knight makes his inquiries as to what has just happened....only to find out in the end he is the cause of it all, with neither of them knowing!
Two ladies watch the Dondarrion knight tilt at the quintain, but a polite offer to the Dornish knight to have a pass does end in an insult by the Blackbolt to the Baratheon men and accusations of the Stormbreaker butchering innocents.
Ser Bryce is in a dark mood, and ends up explaining the Lady Lanei why he isn't happy dwelling in King's Landing.
Ser Doran visits the Fowler Apartments seeking Lady Lanei to return to her a ring the dornish lady lost a few days back.
Ser Bryce and Lady Lanei meeting at the Royal Library starts with a calligraphy class and ends up drawing some incipient friendship. Yet, only time will tell if it will continue or not.
Reyna comes late to a tea-party, and all hell breaks loose when she learns the hard truth about her late husband Colyn, Almer, and Almers mysterious Dornish serving maid.
An encounter in the Hand's anteroom between Ser Dagur Saltcliffe and the Lady Reyna Rowan takes more than one interesting turn.
Young Alyse Stone comes across some of the Dornish hostages sparring in one of the yards, and proves to be a distraction with a mind of her own.
Ser Jaesin and Ser Bryce almost come to blows, and Lady Aisling offers (unpopular) opinions on both this and that.
Jonn Lannister and Liane Uller meet beneath the White Sword Tower and discuss avenging the death of a family member.
Lady Elanna Penrose and Ser Almer Connington have a serious discussion about war, scandal, and keeping painful secrets from the ones you love.