The dungeon of Castle Black is pitch black, dark, and ice and snow are like knives. Books.com

The long summer has passed, and it is the beginning of autumn when the temperature drops sharply.

Theon Greyjoy was thrown into the Black Cell, and the darkness was like fear, grabbing his heart. Theon had always thought of himself as a brave knight, but now he had doubts about his bravery.

He felt nothing but deep fear.

The darkness, as if something was spewing a cold, piercing breath, made him cry out uncontrollably, "Robb—Robb——!"

The echo reverberated through the black dungeon, sounding like a ghost was screaming.

Fear completely captured his heart.

Some people are not as brave as they think, and they are far from being as determined and fearless as they think. Theon Greyjoy is one of those people.

It's not a life-threatening danger, Theon faces it with a smile. But when the real hard bones need to be gnawed on, the firmness of his mind is easily pierced.

Darkness, footsteps sounded, Theon suddenly stopped shouting, his emotionally agitated shouting could still be bumped around in the black prison, not completely gone, the echo seemed to come back from far away, with a hellish chill.

A little light appeared in the distance, and there was a long passage in the black prison of Winterfell, and it was the firelight.

The nearer and nearer light of the fire gave Theon a return to his senses, and he had never felt that the flames were so warm and charming, and that they touched the soul.

When they got closer, there were two people and two torches, and the person walking in front was Robb Stark, and the person behind him also showed his face, it was the sinister and vicious Will.

Theon pounced and grabbed the ice-cold iron railing, "Robb, save me!"

Theon was taken by Eddard Stark from Pike Island in the Iron Islands at the age of ten and adopted as an adopted son, where he grew up in Winterfell with Robb Stark and Jon Snow, and they lived together for nine years. Jon has no good feelings for Theon, and Theon also despises Jon as an illegitimate child, and in the former brothers, Theon has a lot of contempt, sarcasm and sarcasm for Jon, but Robb and Theon have always had a good relationship.

Theon considers him and Robb like brothers.

Robb also has a lot of admiration for Theon, and among the Stark sisters, Robb is the only one who has a crush on Theon. As for Bran, Sansa, and Arya, none of them have a good opinion of Theon.

Robb and Will came to the door of the cell, Robb took out the key to open the door, walked into the cell, and inserted the torch into the torch hole in the wall.

"Robb, I was wronged. Theon said.

"You wronged you by going to sleep with Cass in the little peach?"

Theon almost cried: "Robb, I didn't kill Cardin, I swear in the name of the gods of the old and new, I swear by the drowning god of the Iron People, you must believe me!"

"Let's eat first!" Will said lightly.

"Will, one day, you'll know you're doing something wrong. Someone is targeting me, framing me—"

"Theon, take it easy. Robb pulled out the herbs to heal the wound, "I know you were wronged, and I know you didn't kill Cardin. ”

Theon was incredulous: "You know?"

"I know, for sure. ”

Theon took two steps back: "This is what you designed? Kill Cardin and then kill me, rightly so?"

"Are you going to let me rub the medicine for you first, or will I answer your questions first?"

"I want to know why, if you really want to kill me, I have no complaints, for the sake of the gods, you have to tell me the truth, Robb!"

"Here you go!" Robb pulled out a small roll of parchment and handed it to Theon.

Theon took the parchment with trembling hands, and on the face was a royal decree, bearing the name of Stannis I and his majesty's seal.

"Stannis wants you to kill me?" Theon's eyes filled with tears. He looked at Robb with a look of despair.

"Stannis wants to kill you, not me. Robb said.

"This is all due to your father's reign in the Iron Islands. Will said, "During the lifetime of King Robert, your father Baron was king, and the combined forces of Lord Ed and His Majesty Robert invaded the Iron Islands, breaking your fortress and forcing your father Baron to surrender. In order to prevent your father from rebelling again, Lord Ed took you and adopted you as an adopted son, hoping that when your father rebels again, he will think about where and in whose hands his sole heir is. Now it seems that no matter where you are, your father doesn't care about you anymore. ”

Theon was silent, his lips trembled slightly, and he looked at Robb with sad eyes: "My father's fault should not be borne by me. ”

"Yes, that's why Lord Will devised this plan to save you. Robb said.

"Help me?" Theon didn't know what those words meant.

Will said, "Stannis I wants Robb to bring your head into King's Landing, and whoever dares to disobey the king's order." If you don't want to come up with this strategy, how can you hide it from other people's eyes. ”

Theon suffocated!

Robb took out his blanket and sat down, and Will put the torch in his hand into the torch jack in the stone wall, and took out the wine, steaming meat, bread, honey, and bacon soup from the large food box.

"Theon, did Robb order the soldiers and generals not to drink alcohol or go to the girls' den while they were marching to the West?"

Theon hesitated, "Never!"

"Then why did you give such an order this time?" said Will.

Robb poured out the wine and handed it to Theon, "I ordered that you should not drink alcohol or go to the girl's den, because I knew you would disobey. You can stop drinking, but you can't go to the girls' den. I can only arrest you if you have violated the military order. But arresting you won't be enough to save you, we're going to King's Landing, and Stannis I must see your head. Forced to have no choice, he had to borrow the head of the wandering singer Cardin and give it to Stannis. ”

Theon stood for a moment, then opened his mouth and poured a dime of wine down his throat.

"Theon, I'm sorry I broke your nose and face. Will said apologetically, "Since you want to make a play, you must make people not see any flaws." ”

Theon wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth, and his face showed a relieved expression, as if the thousand-pound boulder he was pressing on his body had been removed: "Lord Will, your life-saving grace, I, Theon, will never forget it for the rest of my life." I will repay you in the future! You will never regret saving me, I swear!"

It's Theon's style that speaks at every turn.

Robb said: "Theon, I can only steal the beam and change the pillar to save you, but the people in the north are talkative, since you have been beheaded by me, you can no longer appear in the north, the strangers of the southerners make a living by spying on the intelligence of the noble knights in various places, as long as the slightest rumor is revealed, me and Lord Will are capital crimes." ”

"There's no going to be any news, Robb, and you're sending me away tonight. ”

"Where are you going?"

"I am the Iron People, and the heir of the Iron Islands, and I am returning to the Iron Islands. As long as Stannis I reigns, I will no longer use Theon Greyjoy's name. The Iron Islands also only have iron, and there are no strangers. ”