Wandering // Sandor Clegane // Thorin

39. Not today

'I could do better work if I had proper tools.' Gendry told Thoros.

'It doesn't need to look pretty just needs to keep the arrows away from my heart.' Thoros told him as he helped him with his armor.

'Why are you helping him?' arya sassed, 'he takes us as his prisoners and now he is our friend?' Arya asked incredulously.

'Not your prisoner little lady, a guest.' Thoros corrected.

'So I can walk away then?'

'You're not safe on your own being Ned Starks daughter. It's lucky we found you.' Rick informed her. 'could have been found by a lot worse than us, trust me.' they packed up the horses and arya and gendry were loaded up as well.

'little lady your friend not coming with us?' Thoros asked tipping his head back to hot pie.

'No he is going to stay and cook he made this.' Arya held out the wolf made of bread.

'come on now time to go.' Thoros told her helped arya up onto a horse.

'Where are we going?' arya questioned. Aroura broke her binds rolling her shoulders back at Thoros stared at her.

'Are we going to have a problem gorgeous?" Thoros questioned.

'No... why?' Aroura said innocently.

"I heard about you.' Thoros remarked.

'did you? All lies I assure you.' Aroura remarked as they rode.

Sandor's horse was led by Rick, since sandor was so large sharing a horse with him was less then comfortable as opposed to arya and gendry both slight they rode with a fellow brotherhood member. Sandor grumbled just as much as Arya. Aroura rode with Thoros much to Sandor's protest.

'I heard you went to another land.' Thoros remarked.

'oh that's true. I'm trying to get back actually.' Aroura told him.

'How did you get here and there the first time?"

"I ran through easily the first time, like a door but not a door a portal, it opened and I ran through. Then coming back I was sucked back screaming out. It was awful.' Aroura told him honestly. 'I can still see their faces calling out to me.' Aroura bit her lip as she looked down, touching the horses mane.

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'Can I take this hood off yet?' arya whined.

'Sorry little lady but this is better for you if you don't see where we are going.' Thoros told her as they rode, but they came to a halt. Thoros brought a jug to arya's lips pulling back the hood

'What is it?' she questioned her eyes still covered.

'Black Salt rum.' Thoros told her she smelled it in her face pinched with disgust.

'It's hard to find molasses in water.' Thoros told her. 'Aroura,' Thoros offered

'I think ive had enough to drink the past few days.' Aroura remarked.

'I'll have some.' Gendry said his head also hooded from the back of another rider

'Let's go home.' Thoros said as they lead arya Gendry, Aroura and Sandor into the cave their heads still headed until they were around the fire and they pulled their hoods free.

'What is this place?' Gendry asked

'Somewhere where no lions or wolves know of.' Thoros told him.

Sandors eyes adjusted to the fire light surrounding them.