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Jon

           TheblackstoneshadturnedtogreyandtheeasternskyhadgoneindigowhenStonesnakespiedtherangersbelow,wendingtheirwayupward.Jonwokehiscaptiveandheldherbythearmastheydescendedtomeetthem.Thankfully,therewasanotherwayoffthemountaintothenorthandwest,alongpathsmuchgentlerthantheonethathadbroughtthemuphere.Theywerewaitinginanarrowdefilewhentheirbrothersappeared,leadingtheirgarrons.Ghostracedaheadatfirstscentofthem.Jonsquattedtoletthedirewolfclosehisjawsaroundhiswrist,tugginghishandbackandforth.Itwasagametheyplayed.Butwhenheglancedup,hesawYgrittewatchingwitheyesaswideandwhiteashen’seggs.

           QhorinHalfhandmadenocommentwhenhesawtheprisoner."Therewerethree,"Stonesnaketoldhim.Nomorethanthat.

           "Wepassedtwo,"Ebbensaid,"orwhatthecatshadleftofthem."Heeyedthegirlsourly,suspicionplainonhisface.

           "Sheyielded,"Jonfeltcompelledtosay.

           Qhorin’sfacewasimpassive."DoyouknowwhoIam?"

           "QhorinHalfhand."Thegirllookedhalfachildbesidehim,butshefacedhimboldly.

           "Tellmetrue.IfIfellintothehandsofyourpeopleandyieldedmyself,whatwoulditwinme?"

           "Aslowerdeaththanelsewise."

           ThebigrangerlookedtoJon."Wehavenofoodtofeedher,norcanwespareamantowatchher."

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