Ryker-"(today was a good day I made it to Winterfell met yara and saved Jon snow a lot of trouble now it's time to save Bran's ability to walk)"
When it came time to sleep Ryker gathered his remaining men from the feast hall and headed to the guest house to get some rest
The next day they all got up bright and early ,Ryker told his men to go explore but not to cause trouble afterwards they disbursed
Then Ryker went to find Bran who he found playing with Summer and greeted him , he also finally showed him to use a sword bran learned quickly but probably wouldn't win a fight without some luck eventually Ryker left bran but followed him to the tower and watched him climb
Right before bran reached the top Ryker beamed a rock at summer to scare her off
When he fell Ryker ran to catch him it was still a violent fall but less harsh than hitting the ground Ryker made sure to keep Bran's neck positioned properly and ran to the Maester who treated a still unconscious Bran
Ryker sat with Bran and swore to Catelyn he will stay in Winterfell until Bran had awakened she was grateful for his kindness but rarely spoke to him while they sat at Bran's bedside
Ryker spent most of his time in Winterfell trying to connect with Yara who's tolerance began to grow and speaking with the acting lord of Winterfell Rob but when evening came he spent his time sitting quietly with Bran and left at the same time every night for eight days till the day assassin would appear
On the eighth night Rob and Ryker went out the door to Bran's room to help with the fire but when Ryker left he watched the would be assassin enter the room and followed behind him and the moment he unsheath his blade his jaw was broken by a vicious right hook throwing the scrawny man against the wall Ryker ran over to him and began stomping on his neck till he heard a satisfying snap underneath his boot
The scrawny assassin layed on the floor lifeless with his neck bent irregularly towards the floor
Ryker turned to Catelyn who was clearly shaken by the assassin and Ryker's hardcore aggression but she quickly grabbed the dagger and surveyed it
Ryker fetched Rob and brought him to Bran's room and Rob was surprised by the assassin's mangled neck but hurried to get men to clean up the body
Ryker slept at the guest house for the last time and left for kings landing to aid Gendry and participate in the hand's tourney
Early in the morning on his way to the gates he was stopped by a tired looking Catelyn who thanked him for saving Bran twice named him a friend of the north and gave him some silver for the road Ryker tried to be humble as possible
Ryker ,Tom the guard captain,and the 4 remaining men hit the road after a while on the road they stopped to camp ,after the sun went down Ryker heard foot steps he tried to wake his men but couldn't do it quiet enough to not attract attention so he peaked out of his tent and saw three Lannister soldiers poking around
Ryker wanted to confront the men but the last thing he needed was for the Lannisters to be after him so he decided to wait silently ,after going through the stuff they had around camp they decided to leave so Ryker went back to sleep
In the morning he was woken by the sound of Tom cursing
Tom-"Dammit we've been robbed those cunts probably took some of our food"
Ryker-"calm down Tom nothing was stolen just Lannister's men poking around at night"
Tom-"it seems like every year there is more of them roaming around "
Ryker-"we should just go home things are getting a little too active and I wanna be prepared for the madness"
Tom-"yeah that would be best for your safety milord"
Tom told the men to pack there things and they all headed home to Blackhelm which is a magnificent sight to see even though Ryker knew he just lifted the design off a castle he saw one time
his arrival caused a bit of a stir because small folk rarely actually see their lord he took the opportunity to wave and display his dashing smile for his people until he reached the doors of his castle where ruby was waiting for him
Her stomach was huge which made it hard for her to walk so Ryker jumped off his horse and ran to his wife
Ryker"wow you must be due any day now "
Ruby"i think I know that Ryker now please get me to a seat"
Ryker walked her to the drawing room and sat down next to her in the private room Tom and the other guards went off to do they're own thing so it was just ruby and Ryker alone together
Ruby-" I think they'll be boys"
Ryker-"really that would be nice"
Ruby-"maybe they'll be tall like you or maybe taller"
Ryker-"I doubt it but Robb Stark is 6'0 at 15 so who knows"
Ruby-"ooooo what are the starks like"
Ryker-"they're good people sadly their son took a bad fall"
Ruby-"maybe one day our kids will be named Stark, I should send a letter(she said with a laugh)"
Ryker-"not anytime soon we have two castles our first born takes this one and the younger one takes the other"
Ruby-"hmm but the other one is worth more"
Ryker-"but this castle is our new "ancestral home" and its walls are strong"
Ruby-"well it doesn't matter who gets what as long as they get along"
Ryker-"I couldn't have said it better myself, it's getting darker we should get some rest"
Before they could get up to leave a Tom knocked at the door
Ruby-"come in"
When he entered to his side was a small boy with him with a soft cute face,blue eyes,black hair,and tan skin
He was dressed in yellow silk and had a silver chain around his neck with a pendant that appeared to be copper
Ryker-"Tom you have a son?"
Tom-"No ,you do mylord he's a quiet fellow"
Ryker turned to look at ruby who didn't seem upset but intrigued then continued to speak to the boy
Ryker-"what's your name?"
???-"Adrian Sand (he said with the tone of a mouse)"
Upon hearing his last name Ryker knew immediately where this boy had came from meaning he had to be atleast three years old
Ryker raised from his seat and approached his son embracing him with open arms
Ryker-"We have a lot of catching up to do,but right now it's bed time"
They lit some candles and headed to the bed chamber to get some sleep after a couple hours ruby went straight to sleeping while Ryker read to Adrian till he went to sleep then slipped out of bed and headed to Tom's house which was outside the guard barracks when Ryker knocked on the door he heard dragged foot steps and was greeted by Tom who seemed to be out cold before hand
Tom-"something wrong lord Ryker?"
Ryker-"not really I just need soldiers and plenty of them trained and ready in a couple of weeks "
Tom-"I'll try my hardest hopefully it'll fall together"
Ryker-"I look forward to it have a nice night Tom"
Ryker returned to his bed chamber and went to bed
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