I've decided to bang these chapters up now, I'm getting near the end I think and I should be spewing these out faster than what I am :) Please review, it's always nice to know what people think.

She couldn't hear anything from where she was stood, because all the men were talking louder and laughing more and hadn't kept their guard up. They were sitting ducks if they relaxed more.

She quickly sat on the nearest wall, slipping as the stone crumbled slightly from under her, and she pulled off her boots and threw them to Ben who watched her with a perplexed look on his face.

"Danny, what-?" he started asking but she'd turned and vaulted the wall before he could finish, and was skirting through the long grass as low to the ground as she could get.

"Oi!" Ben yelled, dropping the boots and leaping over the wall after her, but not coming closer. She peeked back slightly and he was stood there watching her head bob through the grass, and thankfully he'd had the sense to get his gun out.

She carried on, slower and quieter, crushing herself against the ground as she crept forward, then a familiar smell filled her nostrils.

Balverines.

How she'd come to associate their sound and smell with enemies she didn't know, but she stood up, turned and bolted back to the soldiers. The sound of snarls and howls ripped through the air and there were wolves suddenly there snapping at her feet.

"Off me!" she snapped at them, confusing them so they tripped and rolled in the dirt, before standing again and chasing her. The sound of thunder filled the air and she could feel cold yellow eyes on her, and then something tackled her to the ground, and she looked up into a familiar – albeit angry – face.

"Kali?"

He had been Drogo's beta, and a close friend of theirs. She quickly assumed he was now the alpha of what was left of their pack, but had to wonder why he was so far away from Silverpines.

"Daenerys?"

The paused and looked at each other, before a delighted smile broke across her face and he yipped happily. She jumped up and embraced him and he rolled backwards while nuzzling her head. He'd been like a second brother to her, as most of Drogo's friends were, but Kali had been the kindest to her when she was a child, more so than Drogo had been. He called for the others to leave the men alone, and the firing stopped when the soldiers saw her with Kali.

"We thought you'd been killed when we found Drogo," he explained, his yellow eyes dimming slightly.

"No… but I've been living with them… you see the one with gold hair nearest to us?"

"Yes"

"He's been taking care of me," she said with a small smile.

Kali smiled slightly, getting up with her and trotting over to the soldiers. Each of them looked uneasy, and she noted that Swift had turned white as each of the Balverines got closer. Kali approached Ben, who tensed and took a small step back, looking at Danny with wide eyes.

"Call him off," he pleaded, his voice barely above a whisper as Kali started sniffing at him.

"He doesn't trust you" Danny laughed, placing a hand gently on Kali's shoulder and steering him away.

"I know" Kali said, donning a toothy grin which made some of the soldiers tense or back away slightly. He then shut his mouth and looked at Daenerys, as if considering something. "He is taking care of you?"

"Yes…" she answered slowly, confused at his sudden change in mood.

"Good… you belong with them" he said, standing up on his haunches before whistling the other Balverines and wolves away. "They're your species Daenerys, and this one will treat you well."

He turned and loped away, and she watched him go with a sudden sadness welling up in her chest, and tears welling up in her eyes. She barely noticed Ben lay a hand on her shoulder and start leading her back into the line and along the path. He was shaking slightly, but remained stoic faced for her benefit, if nothing else.

"That was… good the way you got them to leave us."

She mumbled a small agreement, and Ben bit his lip slightly, thinking of how to carry on and trying furiously to ignore the incredulous looks from the soldiers closest to them.

"Why didn't you go with them?" he asked quietly "You knew them, right?"

He watched as tears filled her eyes, and stopped quickly, waving the stragglers away so he could talk to her.

"Yes… but he- he told me no," she choked out, tears running down her face. He wiped them away hastily, and shushed her. He'd never been able to handle a crying woman, it always pained him to watch and he felt doubly helpless then because he had no idea what had been said between Dan and the Balverine. What surprised him most was the sudden ability she had with his own language. It was unfortunate that it took a heart wrenching situation to elicit Anglican from her.

"Shh, don't cry love, don't cry," he pleaded quietly, brushing his thumbs under her eyes to wipe the tears away again. "There's no need to get upset now, please Danny."

"No," she agreed, then chuckled slightly and pressed her head into his chest. He looked up quickly to see the troops had rounded a corner and couldn't see them. He wrapped his arms around her gently and smiled bitterly at the thought that if Jammy knew he was being such a soft arse he'd laugh. So much for having a reputation as a ladies man, if one teary eyes girl could reduce him to such a sentimental mess.

After a moment of hugging her awkwardly, he coughed and pulled away to give her a small grin and nod towards the path.

"We should get on…"

"Yes, we should," she agreed, smiling at him and wiping her eyes once more to clear out the last of the tears.

They walked silently side by side until they could see the men trekking into the woods.