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Chapter updated in 11/02/2014.

Chapter X – Shadow in the night

| Lily POV |

"Are you sure it is wise?" Jon's voice came next to me. We were sitting outside the hut where we would be camping for the night, all our brothers inside sleeping and there was no one around, including Craster and his wives.

"We need to help her. She sought for help." I answered, sighing. "I am afraid I won't be able to protect all of you…" I admitted, looking straight ahead for the white nothingness in front of us. I felt Jon's hand on mine, holding protectively.

"I will be there with you, I will help." He said and I smiled weakly, even though he couldn't see because of my mask, I spoke again. "Actually, the thing I am more afraid of is Sam falling in love with her or doing something stupid. He is quite oblivious to several things in life."

"Maybe we shouldn't bring him." I pondered, turning to look at Jon who stared at me. A part of me knew he was right on wanting to leave Sam behind, but the bigger part was going against every reason thought I had. "We can't do this to him. He is the one who wanted to help the girl in the first place." He simply nodded.

The night was colder than usual and the wind was stronger, making my hair fly on my face as my hood just didn't stay on the right place and was always falling. Jon too was struggling with his hair, it flew and hit his face all the time.

"Wild hair." I said, laughing a little. "Do you want me to cut it for you? I think you would look lovely bald."

"I like my hair." He said, frowning and I laughed a little harder. " A beautiful love story it is. You and your hair, but I like it too. And you would freeze without it to protect that pretty little head of yours." I pushed mine away from my eyes, still smiling at his struggle. He sat closer when saw me shrunk because of the cold.

"Do you want to walk a little before we go to bed?" I didn't feel sleepy and maybe a walk would keep me warm. I nodded and got up, releasing my hand from his. We couldn't risk being caught and get into trouble or raise questions about why two MALE brothers would be holding hands in the dark.

There was a small forest near the Keep, so we made our way there, the trees blocking some of the wind so it wasn't so freezing. Soon we couldn't see Craster's Keep anymore and it was dark, but not enough to make us blind.

I removed my mask, feeling the air on my face and I could see a little better this way. "Oh, Jon, I should tell you something…" Jon looked at me curiously and stopped walking, I did the same. "I told Gilly I am a woman."

His eyes widened and I could see flashes of anger on his features. He quickly walked to me and stopped inches away from my body, grabbing my arms without strength, but tightly. "You did what?!"

"I told her. No, I showed her. She won't tell, she needs our help." I kept calm and looked to his face. "What is she does?!" He hissed angrily. "She won't." I said again, with conviction, but still calm.

"I can't lose you…" He whispered and I saw fear on his eyes. I knew he was afraid she would tell anyone and the repercussions it would have. I would be killed and he would probably too because he had hidden my secret.

"You won't…" I whispered, dropping my mask and touching his face with both my hands, looking inside his eyes, how I loved these eyes. "You won't…" I reassured and leaned in, touching his lips with mine really firmly.

Our lips began dancing together slowly and I felt Jon's hands moving from my arms to my waist and he grabbed it tightly, pulling me closer and against his body and I wrapped my arms around his neck, grasping his hair with one hand.

The kiss deepened and he asked for entrance, which I gave, my tongue caressing his as he controlled the pace and the kiss only became more intense.

I felt my coat fall on the floor and we parted, grasping for air. We hadn't been intimate since we left Castle Black and it was over weeks ago. My desires were piling up and winning from the small part of me that was afraid we might get caught.

I pulled him into another kiss and he pushed me gently, making my back hit a wall, I lowered my hands to begin removing his coat, while I felt his hands opening my breeches.

My pant fell on the floor with my underwear and I kicked it to the side, also freeing him from his. He made me turn and pressed me against the tree, forcing me to bend down, my back turned to him. After seconds I felt Jon's length entering me from behind and I moaned, closing my eyes.

He gave me a few moments to get accustomed before he begun moving. Our desires and lusts were so intense that we didn't want to wait or we would explode. Jon's groans soon were reunited with mines. His pace increasing quickly and I bent even more.

I never imagined I would ever be in this position before, Jon made me feel so many things I never had before. I felt his lips touching my neck and he bit and sucked it, making me shiver and moan a little louder. His hands roamed on my legs and pulled me closer as he moved.

I moaned his name loudly when reached my climax and I could feel he had too, because he didn't pull away until after his seeds were inside me. My legs trembled and I tried to breathe properly. Jon breathed on my ear, also heavily and he hugged me by the waist, keeping his body close.

"Jon… I love you…" I whispered, holding his hands firmly. "I love you too…" He said in my ear and I smiled.

After a few minutes we stepped back and gathered our clothes, putting them back on. I saw a shadow running and turned to Jon and by the look on his face he had seen it too.

I got my mask of the ground and Jon got his sword and we begun chasing the shadow while I hid myself with the mask. A hundred thoughts were going on my mind. If someone had seen us, I would be doomed, Jon would be doomed. It would be all over. We wouldn't be able to help the girl, we wouldn't find Benjen. All over.

After a few minutes we finally stopped the chase because the shadow had stopped too. It had its back to us and we approached slowly, I saw Jon get Longclaw out of the sheath and I put my iron gloves on.

"Hey, you!" I called, my voice husky and the person turned. The man was awfully pale, his eyes and lips completely blue and he looked lifeless. This was no brother, much less a human.

"Jon, run!" I demanded and the creature ran to us, really quickly, not giving us much time to respond. I blocked one attack after making Jon step out of the way and hit the White Walker on the stomach. If he was a normal man, he would have fallen on the ground in pain, but he had no vital points, he had no life, my attacks were useless.

Jon hadn't obeyed me, he was still there and swung his sword to cut the White Walker's arm when it came at me full force, trying to hit my face. Luckily this one had no weapon, these creatures were incredibly strong and one hit could make a lot of damage, even be fatal.

I kicked it on the chest, making it take a few steps back and Jon was quick, he attacked and the monster's head fell on the floor motionless, he was dead.

"What are you doing out here?" We heard a voice, Craster's voice. Jon pushed me to the side, so I would be hidden on a tree, I knew he hoped Craster hadn't seen me.

"Snow, huh? You had the guts to go out here and peek?!" He yelled, Jon opened his mouth to answer, but received an immediate punch on the face, that made him fall backwards. I begun to move toward him, but his eyes were on me and told me not to do anything. Those grey eyes that could make me do anything and once more they won.

The sun was beginning to come down when Craster stopped beating Jon up and picked him up, I followed without being noticed. He was going back to the Keep.

Once we were back, me without being noticed, the sick man threw Jon the ground, right in front of Lord Commander Mormont's feet. "That stupid brat came meddling in other people's business! If he tries something else, I will kill him!"

Craster left and all our brothers looked at Jon shocked, his face was completely bloodied and I swear his nose was broken. I revealed myself and faked shock, then kneeled down in front of him.

"What did you do, Snow?!" Lord Commander asked. "I was… Taking a piss outside and saw a White Walker… I fought him and when I killed it, Craster appeared and didn't give me time to explain myself."

"Mend yourself and leave, we can't afford any more fights!" He yelled and left with all the other brothers, leaving me with Jon.

My face was completely wet from the tears I couldn't keep while I watched him getting beat up. Jon touched my chin and wiped a single drop that had escaped, a strange smile on his face because his lip was cut.

"Jon…" I gasped, more tears coming down on my face. "Shh… I am fine… I couldn't let him see you… If I hit him back… You would be spotted…"

"Jon! What happened?!" Sam came in, asking before I could say anything. "Craster saw me walking at night. Go prepare our supplies for us to go." Sam nodded and left.

"Come… I will clean your wounds…" I pulled Jon up, he was limping a little and I walked with him to an isolated corner and grabbed a bag with medical supplies. "Take off your shirt." I demanded and he obeyed, shivering because of the cold wind.

I got some serum and begun cleaning his wounds, his chest was completely bruised just like his face and it killed me to see him like that, knowing I had just stood there without doing anything.

"Don't blame yourself, my love…" He whispered, knowing I was blaming myself, at least my crying had stopped. My heart hurt so much and I wanted to hug him. I couldn't answer and just kept taking care of his wounds, touching them as gentle as possible, he winced once in a while, luckily his nose wasn't broken, just had a cut and was swollen.

Jon put his shirt and coat back on once I was done, but didn't move from his spot, he just kept looking at me intently and I returned his gaze, my eyes were a little red from the crying and still had a few remaining tears.

"Lily… I don't regret… I won't regret… If he had seen you… You would have been beat up too and he would probably discover your identity…" I already knew that, but the fact that I stood there and just watched killed me.

I looked around and there was no one, then I touched his chest with my forehead, allowing the tears to come out once more. He touched the back of my head and caressed it gently, my hood was still down and my hair was free.

We heard footsteps and I stepped away, stopping crying and recomposing myself.

"Hey, guys, everything is ready for us to leave. Lee, I didn't know your hair was like that." It was Sam again and he was staring directly at me. I gathered all my strength to speak and husky my voice.

"I was bald once, but the cold made me grow my hair." I answered, not trying to hide it now that he had seen it. "It is really nice." He complimented and I smiled. "I am not into guys, Sam." I joked and he laughed, Jon too, but I saw deep in his eyes that he was glaring.

"We should go. Craster will go crazy if he sees me here." Jon said, getting up and I followed, pulling the hood over my head. "I prepared one horse to travel our supplies, we will have to walk and I already told Lord Commander we are leaving."

"Alright, let's go." I said and we walked to our horse and I picked the rein to make the horse walk.

When we were already a mile away, we spotted Gilly, she was sitting with a bag and got up when she saw us. Sam looked incredibly happy and I elbowed him on the ribs.

"Hey, Gilly. Thank you for meeting us so far. I just realized I forgot to tell you my name. I am Lee Peis." She smiled at me, only nodding her head. "Well, we all know about your condition, so, can you ride?"

She shook her head and I sighed. I looked at Jon, but the thought of him riding with another girl made me incredibly jealous, then I looked at Sam. He was probably going to get excited, but I knew he was going to get tired of walking too, Jon and I were more resistant. But Jon was hurt badly and couldn't walk properly.

"Jon, you ride with her, you are hurt." My companion glared at me and didn't move from his spot, even thought it was quite obvious he was in pain. "No, Sam can go, he will tire and we cannot drag him around." Our chubby friend blushed furiously and nodded, not wanting to pass out the opportunity, he got on the horse. I helped Gilly mount too and I knew she felt a little, or a lot, uncomfortable judging by the look on her face. Luckily Sam was keeping a few inches of distance between their bodies.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" I asked, whispering on Jon's ear. "Do you want me to mount with her?" He frowned and I didn't answer, but he knew I didn't find it a very good idea.

"Sam, do you have a map with you or something?" I asked, looking at him. "Yes, it's on the bag."

I picked the map and opened it, it was incredibly simple and didn't have many details or locations, but it was enough to get us to the Frostfangs.

"There is a shortcut right here. It's not on the map, but I used once and since we are weeks behind Benjen, it will be really helpful." Jon was looking over my shoulder, his face too close to mine and I did my best to ignore it.

"Sounds good to me." He replied, not moving away and I couldn't stop staring at him from the corner of my eyes and completely forgot about the map in front of me and the two other people just foots away.

I touched one of his cuts gently and he looked at me, smiling. I coughed and stepped away, closing the map and putting it back on the bag.

"Lee, what is this on your neck?" Sam asked and I looked at him. "What?" I replied. "There is a dark mark on your neck. Did you hurt yourself?" I blushed deeply and touched my neck, I hadn't hurt myself, it was Jon's doing. "Yeah, I hit it last night."

Jon was looking, his eyes a little widened and he looked at my neck, he too knew what it was.

"L-Let's go." I said and Sam nodded, taking the rein, he kicked the horse and it begun walking. Jon and I walked side by side and I avoided looking at him, not because of the mark or the eye contact we had moments ago, but because I still felt really bad because of his bruises.

Our journey had just begun and I already failed to protected.