The king did arrive in the Great Hall before Karstark did and accepted his oath of fealty gracefully. As a result, Shireen acquired a second Lady in Waiting in the form of Alys Karstark. Ruling turned out to be far harder than she expected. Shireen would have been far more exhausted at the end of the day if her good-sister had not offered to help her with the running of Winterfell. Even with Sansa's assistance, she felt drained when evening came and crashed on the bed in the Lord's Chambers. Ghost picked one place on the fur-covered floor and lazily curled on it.