Who Is Alayna Tyrell's False Spring?

A cool breeze sailed through dull green fields and pale meadows. The Mander river’s frigid waters sparkled in the sun’s light attempted to warm the earth below. Yet, winter maintained it’s harsh grasp on the continent. Winter was the only season many young lords and ladies had ever known. While the Reach, like the rest of Westeros, was cold. The southern kingdom was no where near as bleak as its counterparts. The land was fertile enough to produce crops and flowers even in the coldest of years. In a way, the region was liken to that of a false spring. Always on the cusp of warmer days to lift the spirits of the people living there. But spring had yet to come. Alayna Tyrell could not remember the last spring. She had been far too young at the
She longed to know what it was like to run barefoot through the gardens that made up her home of Highgarden. She wanted to actually swim in the Mander and watch fireflies dance in the dusks of warm evenings under the lush trees. But instead, there were no fireflies or butterflies fluttering in the air and the trees were bare as she rode along the banks of the Mander. The sound of his rhythmic hooves thundering against the path match her heartbeat as in pounded in her chest. Her rusty brown locks floated out behind her from the pace set by the steed. Her grey stallion’s breath was visible in the chilly air as he raced towards the white stone walls of her home, which towered above miles of golden rose
A castle the size of Highgarden required a lot of people in order to maintain it. Alayna’s mother had told her how many people worked within the walls once, but she could no longer remember the exact number. It matter not to her, just another useless fact to be shared when conversing with other lords, she supposed. One of the many stable boys employed by her family collected her mount while another had helped her off the stallion’s back. The smiles on their faces were more than friendly, but Alayna paid them no mind. While she loved the smallfolk, she would not give them the time of