17/02/2026 07:20

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It's easier to move beyond the reach of raiders. Her Grace is in mourning. My son will have a grateful and obedient wife. Clean the stump and sew it up.

There was still a half-inch of deep purple wine in thebottom of it. The holdfast did have a grim haunted look, standing there black against thestorm on its rocky island with the rain lashing at the lake all around it. One of Ygritte's, I think. That white cloak does things to a man, I find.