The Wars to Come - J.S.

16 - KHALEESI

— the dothraki sea —

As the three people that love Daenerys are riding out in search of her, Aurora remembers that she has yet to talk to Jorah about their father's death. She lets Daario take the lead and rides beside her brother, glancing over at him as she does.

"Jorah, I know this is a really bad time to tell you this considering what we just went through, but I don't want to put it off any longer. Our father is dead." she is about to continue explaining it but her brother interrupts her.

"I know." he says calmly.

"Wait, you know? How did you find out?"

"Tyrion told me on our way to Meereen."

"Jon sent me a letter. He told me he lead a mission to avenge his death. He said that all the mutineers were killed." she smiles softly at the thought of the man she loves.

"I didn't know that part. That is.. good to hear." he says with a hesitant smile.

— castle black —

As the son and daughter of one Lord Commander of the Night's Watch travel in search of their Queen, another is lying on a table, his direwolf nudging his hand and trying to wake him. And the reply to Aurora's letter is lying on his desk where he left it to rush out into the courtyard that night. 

Edd looks at the body of his friend and he wonders how he will tell Sam. And how he will tell Aurora. 

"We all die tonight, and I say we try to take Thorne down with us when we go." Edd announces to the few brothers in the room, and Ser Davos, the former hand of Stannis Baratheon. 

"You're not the only ones that owe Jon Snow their lives." Ser Davos stops them, and offers advice. He alludes to the wildlings that Jon risked his life to save.

Edd is out the door immediately, on his way to get help from the Free Folk to avenge Jon Snow's death. 

— the dothraki sea —

Jorah dismounts his horse to investigate a pile of bones and picks up a ram's head, half of one horn has been melted off. 

"Think our friend got him?" Daario asks.

"Don't know anything else that can melt a ram's horn." Jorah answers.

They continue on. Daario talks to Jorah as they walk, Aurora riding slightly ahead of them and paying no mind to their conversation. She watches the ground below her as her horse trots softly through the grass sea. 

They pick up pace when they come to flat ground instead of the hills they were traveling on before. She halts at an open field, narrowing her eyes at the flattened and browned grass in front of her. It has been smashed down by a great number of people. There is one circle in the middle that is untouched and green. 

"An army?" she asks when Daario and Jorah stop on either side of her. 

"Not an army. A horde." Jorah answers.

The only Dothraki that Aurora knows are the few that are still in Daenerys' company after all this time. She has never seen a horde, but Jorah was with Daenerys when she was Khal Drogo's wife, when she began her reign. 

The three ride right up to the circle in the middle and Jorah dismounts to investigate. He looks around with narrowed eyes for a moment and then his eyes widen as they turn to the ground in front of him. He squats down and picks up a ring that was lying in the grass, Daenerys' ring.