AN. Hi y'all! This is my first story and I am kind of nervous. I started writing this early last year to fill my mind between books 12 and 13. Most of the story will follow with the timeline and story of the book but there will be bits of the show stuck in for fun. I will try to clarify a tiny bit when things are set but there will be some tiny flashbacks that will not have a date until later in the story. These tiny flashes are all first person but with no clear definition of who it is (insert evil laugh here).

I own none of the commonly recognized characters.

Lara

Somewhere my love there will be songs to sing

although the snow covers the hope of spring

somewhere a hill blossoms in green and gold

and there are dreams all that your heart can hold

someday we'll meet again my love

someday whenever the spring breaks though

you'll come to me out of the long ago

warm as the wind soft as the kiss of snow

till then my sweet think of me now and then

God speed my love till you are mine again

Lara my own think of my now and then god speed my love till you are mine again

Far North East

Before times

It felt as if I had been gone from her for years, it had truthfully been only 1 moon cycle. We came into port 3 villages down slowly making our way back up the coast to home. I could not wait the days to complete our journey so I borrowed a horse and rode ahead. By the time I got home it was well after dark. There were only the sounds of the night: an owl, the crackle of the fire, an occasional snore from some of the men. I did not care for any of those things however; my only desire was to get to her. I made my way over, as quietly as I could, to our bed. She was an exquisite vision bathed in soft moon light that made her skin glow and her hair look almost white. I undressed before climbing into bed molding myself around her soft warm body. As I buried my face in her hair my hand slid up over her hip and up around her waist… her much fuller waist. I stop my hands movement and sit up to see her better. She awakens and her hand comes down over mine as she shifts halfway onto her back looking up at me.

"I should have told you before you left." She says in a soft somewhat timid voice

"You are wi…with …" I try to ask unable to finish

"More than half way I think" she answers with a small smile

"That soon?" I said smiling back

She closed her eyes and nodded slowly up and down then opened her eyes. I kissed her not being able to think of a single word to describe my excitement. Before next winter I would be a father for the first time. This perfect creature under me is all I could have ever dreamed for; she is truly a gift from the Gods.

As we fell asleep later satiated and blissful I knew I would remember this day fondly for as long as I walked this realm.