"Did you know I was your uncle Brandon's lover once?" Lady Dustin smiled genuinely for the first time. "I see the surprise on your faces. Brandon was a gifted rider, fostered with the Dustins of Barrowtown, and often rode to the Rills. My father happily welcomed his future liege lord in his halls and even encouraged me to seduce your uncle in hopes of becoming Lady Stark, not that he needed to. I willingly gave Brandon my maidenhead, and we enjoyed each other's company for a long time until your grandfather made his southern ambitions known. Despite his reluctance on the matter, Catelyn Tully was to wed the Stark heir."