CHAPTER 10

~~~~~4yr 8mo(4yr 6.75mo)293AD

Jorah woke up in the morning with Lyra turned in his arms with her naked breasts up against his chest and his arms wrapped around her under the blanket. Crystal was still sleeping on her side snoring. Jorah lifted Lyra's chin and started kissing her lips. Lyra opened her eyes and closed them again, sticking her tongue in his mouth kissing him passionately.

Jorah broke the kiss and said, "Lyra, wake up, my sweet."

She said sleepily, "Jorah? What are you doing in bed with me?" She just blinked a couple times.

Jorah said softly, "I waited with Crystal while Maester Luwin sewed up your back and I couldn't let you sleep alone under milk of poppy. Besides, who else could cover up your 300 pound cat with the blankets."

She smiled into his eyes and caressed his cheek. She said softly, "Now why is the top of me naked?"

Jorah said being cheeky, "The maester couldn't sew you up with your clothes on. I took my shirt off to make you feel better about it." Lyra giggled and he smiled, kissing her again.

When he stopped, Lyra said curiously, "Are you charming me, Ser Jorah Mormont?"

He said looking in her eyes with a soft look in his eyes, "The answer is yes, if it's working." She smiled and rolled him on his back as she started passionately kissing him and straddling his hips.

She said sensually, "I want you so much, but they are going to move my stuff into the castle and I need a blouse or shirt to wear to go back to the inn."

Jorah said, kissing her neck, "You can wear mine, I'll get another from my room down the hall. I will regret letting you cover them up because they feel so good pressed against me." He bit her neck, making her moan. He said, "I need to do that again, it's my favorite noise now." He bit her again after licking her neck. Her hips pushed against his.

He said, "Gods, Lyra, my sweet, you taste and feel better than I remember." There was a knock on the door.

Lyra said, clearing her throat, "Yes?"

Caitlyn said, "Lady Lyra, I heard about last night's attack and thought you might need a blouse to wear to go get your things in the Inn?"

Lyra pushed off of him and said, "That's lovely of you Lady Stark. Jorah, will you answer the door, you know I can't get up." Jorah's eyes got big, he stood up and looked at her breasts exposed frozen on the spot staring. She covered up and shewed her hands to get Jorah get his shirt on. He did quickly and opened the door.

He said, "I stayed to watch over her last night." He leaned over and whispered to Caitlyn, "She's in love with me. Well she will be real soon. So I have to do nice things for her in a knightly way."

Caitlyn whispered back, "Sleeping in her room when she is half undressed and under milk of poppy is not all that chivalrous."

Jorah whispered, "But her lion likes me." Caitlyn almost laughed.

She smirked and turned towards the Great Hall saying over her shoulder, "Come break your fasts, both of you." Jorah grinned and closed the door. He tossed the blouse to her and she put it on while he watched. They both went to the privy in the closet in the room.

She put her boots on and her weapons belt under the blouse so it wasn't showing her nipples. Her shoulder was stiff and hurt but she ignored the pain. Opium (milk of poppy) made her sleep. Jorah said, buckling his belt, "I didn't realize your short sword was valyrian steel."

Lyra said, "Yes and my dagger is too." She showed him the amethyst dagger.

Jorah said, "Very nice indeed. Where did you get them?"

Lyra said, "In a treasure room and mine." She took Crystal out the door on her leash. Jorah was surprised and just followed until he caught up to her.

Jorah said, "You found treasure?"

Lyra said, "Uh huh, in Essos outside of Pentos." She took Crystal to go to the bathroom outside the castle quickly.

Jorah said, "Abandoned?"

Lyra said, "Uh huh. Under sand and dirt two inches thick." They were walking back inside to the Great Hall.

Jorah asked curiously, "How did you get it out of there?"

Lyra looked at Jorah and said, "Magic, Jorah. They call me 'Magi Sinha Temar' which means 'Magical Lion Tamer' in High Valyrian. I didn't earn the name for nothing." They reached the Great Hall and the children left the table and ran to her even though Ned tried to start to say something.

Theon said, "I'm so glad you're ok?" She smiled at him kissing his cheek. He blushed.

Arya said in her little voice, "Did you chop them up into bits?"

Caitlyn admonished her, "Arya!"

Lyra caressed her cheek and said, "More like they wanted me to be the bits. I just didn't want Crystal to get hurt."

Robb said, "I heard in the training yard that they wanted to kill your lion for eating chickens yesterday but you were here." Lyra nodded.

Jon was petting Crystal and said, "That wasn't fair to her."

Lyra petted Jon's head and said, "No it's not, sweet boy, but those men don't understand that animals only kill to eat. The body's of the chickens were all over."

Jon said looking down at Crystal, "People kill because they want to."

Lyra gave Jon a hug, put her head on top of his and said, "That's right, Jon. We just need to be smarter than most people are. Someone was angry with them for doing something. If someone is evil or broke the law of the land, people should only kill people to serve justice and to defend themselves."

Sansa said, "I'm glad you're going to be ok."

Arya said, "Me too." Lyra hugged the two little girls.

Lyra said, "I'm hungry, let's go eat." They all smiled and everyone went to the table. Eating was a fun affair with the children chattering and asking questions before they went to the library for their lessons with Maester Luwin.

Lyra and Jorah went to the inn and she rounded up everything and put it in her bags and chests the six soldiers had followed and they all carried everything to the castle. She told her sellswords where she was if they needed her. She offered to give them money for lodging but they insisted that they were fine. Lyra and Jorah returned to the castle.

Lyra was putting away her belongings in the dresser and someone knocked on the door. She stopped and opened the door to Arya and Sansa.

She said, "Hello, young ladies come in and keep me company while I unpack. Crystal has taken over my bed, I'll make her scooch over to give you room." Lyra rolled her big cat over by tickling her in her tickle spot. The big cat flopped over. The girls giggled at the cat. Crystal scooted over to lay her belly up against the girls once they sat down making them laugh. The big cat had a paw and her head next to Arya, who instantly rubbed her ear and held her paw.

Lyra said, "She is a big hog on the bed. She steals bed covers too."

Sansa said, "You talk differently, Lady Lyra. We understand you but you don't talk like Westerosi people."

Lyra said, folding clothes and putting them away, "I know my family did a lot of traveling and my accent just happened. I talk differently no matter where I go."

Arya said, "I really like you and your cat. You're both so pretty and can fight."

Lyra said, "You can be a strong, pretty lady with fighting skills when you grow up."

Arya said, frowning, "Papa won't let me. He says I'm too little and a girl."

Sansa said chastising, "You need to listen to Septa Mordane, Arya. She's a good woman and teacher." Arya pouted like a little storm cloud and stuck her tongue out at Sansa.

Lyra said softly with authority, "Let's be nice to each other ladies, chastising each other and sticking out your tongue upsets Crystal. She only likes happy people around her or I'll ask her to sit on you and squish you into tiny wet spots on the floor." The girls laughed.

A maid came in and said, "The noon meal is being served in the Great Hall. Septa Mordane has been looking for you both."

Sansa put her hand to her face and said, "Oh no I forgot when I was looking for Arya."

Lyra said, "Let's go eat, ladies. You can apologize afterwards." Sansa nodded. All of them left together for the Great Hall. Lyra saw when she entered the Great Hall that more lords had arrived and were at the table talking. Jorah looked up and smiled at her.

The Lord next to him said, "Where did that beauty come from? I have never seen her before?"

Jorah said stoically, "She's Lady Wyldwood."

The Lord said leering, "From Storms End Wylde's?"

Jorah said in a dry way, "Yeah."

The Lord said lewdly, "They don't make girls that look like that in the North. I may need to get introduced." Jorah was getting jealous but said nothing. Lyra sat with the children between Robb and Sansa this meal. Crystal was between Robb and herself.

The Lord next to Jorah said to Ned, "Lord Stark, who is that beauty sitting with your children?"

Ned said, "Lord Bolton, Lord Karstark, Lord Umber, Lord Flint, Lord Dustin, Lord Manderly, Lord Hornwood and Lord Locke, this is Lady Lyra Wyldwood from the ship 'The Wyldwynd' in White Harbor and her white lion, Crystal."

Lord Bolton with the white almost blue eyes smiled creepily and said, "I am Lord Roose Bolton. You are incredibly beautiful, my lady. I hope to talk more to you later." Lyra subtly nodded, looking at a not so happy Jorah in the eyes. She heard a warning growl from Crystal as she ate her food off the platter, stopped and looked over the table at Roose.

Robb asked, whispering to Lyra, "What did that mean?"

Lyra said in a whisper, "She doesn't like him or his voice."

Robb nodded and whispered, "Me neither, his bastard Ramsay is mean." Lyra nodded at him patting Crystal.

After lunch Lyra was walking out of the Great Hall and Jorah caught up to her. He said, "I can't stand Roose Bolton. He's a known raper."

Lyra said to Jorah, "I know, Jorah. Crystal can't stand him either because of her warning growl to me from under the table and she looked at him across the top of the table not nicely. Personally, I think his white blue eyes are strange and hold scary intentions."

Jorah said a bit possessively, "Good because I hope for you to be my woman."

Lyra giggled and said, "Yes, I got that message this morning. Are you coming with me to walk Crystal to relieve herself?"

Jorah said jealously, "It might be hard to get me away from you, with Bolton around trying to get at you."

She flirted and said, "Does that mean you're going to camp in my room tonight, again? For protection I'm sure."

He looked over at her quickly and said, "I don't know what to say, to that. You say the most bold unexpected things different than any lady I ever knew in my life."

Lyra said slyly, "I didn't tell you that I saw myself kissing you long before we ever met, not anyone else but you. I saw the woman with you before that. When I saw you with her in your arms after that night we kissed, I was upset because I thought you only wanted me from what you said. I thought that you were just playing with my feelings like mean men do. I was relieved I found out about you two. I would have been devastated if I gave you my heart and found out you didn't want it." Jorah grabbed her arm and stopped her walking.

He cupped both sides of her face and kissed her in the middle of the street in front of everyone. He broke it and said, "I swear to you on a knight's oath, if I ever have your heart given to me, I'll never hurt you like that with another woman. If a woman throws herself at me I will shove her away and her tainted lips. You're the only woman I want from now on."

Lyra said looking up at him, "Make me believe you tonight in my room. Ok?"

He smiled and said, "I will. I promise." They walked inside the castle and saw a snowball fight with the boys against the two little girls shouting at each other and laughing. Jorah looked at each other and took off to each side and Crystal was roaring and running with Lyra to the girls side. Lyra was glad she had on her coat. They were being observed up on high.

The girls started winning with Lyra making tons of ammo and loads of hits on the boys. Crystal caught a few snowballs in her mouth and chomped them, spitting them out. Later, they all went inside together laughing and got in front of the fire where Crystal knocked over a couple of the boys to make room, making them laugh.

Ned had been watching the whole time as the children, Lyra and Jorah were playing together. They were having such fun. The lion catching snowballs was unusual and made him laugh. He liked having Lyra and her lion here and it made his children happy. Even his brooding boy, Jon, was having fun now with everyone. Theon was no longer antagonizing him since Lyra came.

The servants came in with hot apple cider for everyone. Lyra and Jorah were sitting next to each other on the sofa holding hands. Ned came in and sat down with a hot cider across from them. Jorah reached over and kissed Lyra on the cheek. She blushed.

Arya said in her cute little voice, "Lady Lyra, don't let boys kiss you. Mother said they're icky unless you are married."

Lyra and Jorah started laughing. Lyra said, trying to keep a straight face, "That's true, but you have to kiss a few boys to know if you like them too or not. Just when you grow up though."

Arya said all cute, "I'm never going to grow up like Crystal. She got big but is still a baby like you call her."

Lyra said just adoring the little girl, "That's because I'm her mother. I fed her bottles of milk and wiped her behind as a little baby. She is my baby even after I get married and have more of my own." Arya got up and stood next to her.

Arya wrinkled her nose and said, "I don't want babies, they stink." Ned, Jorah and Lyra laughed with the other kids.

Lyra said scrunching up her nose, "Yes, even Crystal was a smelly baby. I bet you were too." She held her nose and Arya giggled at her. Arya leaned into her and scooched up on her lap. Lyra kissed her cheek wrapping her arm around her. Arya laid her head on her right shoulder.

Arya said real cute, "I love you and Crystal."

Lyra said softly, "We both love all of you too, Arya." Ned smiled and drank his cider. Crystal was laying in front of the fire making growl/yowls with an open mouth as the boys rubbed her belly.

Lyra smiled and said, "My lion is so spoiled around here."

Arya said seriously, "I still want to sleep with her."

Lyra said looking in her eyes, "Is that so? You know she steals away all the bed covers, she snores loudly, she will roll over you until you're the tiniest wet spot on the bed left and she poots." The children all looked at her funny. Lyra said, clarifying, "Passes stinky air from you know where." The children all got fits of giggles making the adults laugh.

Arya said giggling, "Robb poots loud all the time." They all laughed.

Jorah said in her ear, "Come with me." He stood up and put his cup on the tray on the table.

Lyra said, "I have got to go see what Jorah wants to show me." She kissed Arya, sat her on the sofa and put her cup on the tray.

Crystal got up and followed Lyra and Jorah. He took her to his room and locked the door. Crystal laid on the floor. He picked Lyra up, sat on the bed with her straddling his lap.