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a song of ice and fire : game of thrones top 10 chapters/pov’s || #8 catelyn
“rickon needs you,” robb said sharply. “he’s only three, he doesn’t understand what’s happening. he thinks everyone has deserted him, so he follows me around all day, clutching my leg and crying. i don’t know what to do with him.” he paused a moment, chewing on his lower lip the way he’d done when he was little. “mother, i need you too. i’m trying but i can’t… i can’t do it all by myself.” his voice broke with sudden emotion, and catelyn remember that he was only fourteen. she wanted to get up and go to him, but bran was still holding her hand and she could not move. the wolf was looking at her. its jaws were red and wet and its eyes glowed golden in the dark room. it was bran’s wolf, she realized. of curse it was. “thank you,” catelyn whispered, her voice faint and tint. she lifted her hand, trembling., the wolf padded closer, sniffed at her fingers, then licked at the blood with a wet rough tongue.when it had cleaned all the bood off her hand, it turned away silently and jumped up on bran’s bed and lay down beside him. catelyn began to laugh hysterically. "i will not be taking the kingsroad,” catelyn replied. she thought for a moment, then nodded her consent. “two riders can move as fast as one, and a good deal faster than a long column burdened by wagons and wheelhouses. i will welcome your company, ser rodrik. we will follow the white knife down to the sea, and hire a ship at white harbor. strong horses and brisk winds should bring us to king’s landing well ahead of ned and the lannisters.” and then, she thought, we shall see what we shall see.
