6. Gasping for Life

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"Selma?" Jon rasped. It had been almost 3 years since he last saw her. She jumped from her horse and ran through the snow. He descended the stairs quickly and moved to her with just as much urgency.

"Jon!" Selma sobbed.

"Selma!" He declared this time believing his eyes.

"Oh Jon you are here." Selma sobbed into him holding him tightly.  Jon decided he would never let her go again.

Shadow and ghost came bounding down the icy steps and selmas heart was ready to burst again.

When joffrey and cersei demanded the wolves be murdered she was quick to set hers free. She never thought shadow would make it home. To jon.

"I wrote you. You didnt get my letters." Jon realzied. Selma let out a breathtaking exhale. He wrote to her. Letters. Multiple letters!

"No. I never got them. Im sorry. I wish I did." Selma agreed.

"Let the ladies come inside."  Edd declared. "They must be freezing."

"Im sorry, please come in." Jon agreed keeping an arm on selma but she dropped to her knees and held shadow and ghost both.

"Oh sweet fluffy babies!" She declared. "I missed you." They licked at her face knocking her to her ass with a thud. Jon was quick to out his hands on her helping her up.

"I never thought I would see you or them again." Selma admitted.  "Im very glad though." She hid her face in jons neck. Her cold nose sent a shiver through him.

"Lets get you inside. Warmed up," jon kissed her cheek

Selma was practically in jons lap as the food was served. It smelled awful but she was starving. Jon kept a hand around her holding her close. She wanted to cry again as he kissed her cheek over and over again.

"I never trusted petyr. Sansa was a fool to trust him. I stayed behind."

Sansa rolled her eyes

"She left you?"

"For the best. She married ramsay bomton. I was delivered by brienne of tarth and podrick payne. They are good people. Kept me alive. I saw arya too for a moment before she fled. " selma added taking another bite.

"Why would she run from you?" Jon countered

"Not me but brienne. She was fighting sandor clegane. I think arya befriended the giant man."

"So they ran off together?"

"No. I think sandor died in the battle". There was a moment of silence for the man they barely knew. Sandor wasnt king per say but he wasnt cruel to her either. Offered to bring her home to winterfell. "Im so glad i found you." Selma said eyes teary. Jon held her again.

"I thought about you constantly." jon admitted

"You did?"

"I was worried about you. Wished i could visit. That i could see you."

"I wished that constantly. I prayed you wouldnt take the black and you would come... back to me." She admitted. Jons smile grew kissing her cheek. How desperately she wanted his lips on hers. How desperately he wanted to kiss her lips. The years hadnt changed him much. He was even more handsome that was for sure. But his heart hadnt changed. His gentle touches hadnt changed. The stuble on his face was new. She liked it she broguht a hand to his cheek.

"I missed you Jon. I didnt realized how much i needed you. Like i need air to breathe until you were gone and it was like the breath was sucked out of me and i was gasping for life."

Jon smiled touching her cheek ans playing with her hair.

"Always so dramatic."

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