She says my brother has been dead for a while. But she also thinks I should never have been Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. She said that Robb made me his heir.

[He huffs out a sigh, then rests his face against the front of her shoulder. What would have happened if he had come down from Castle Black after Robb's death? Likely, he would have been asked to bend the knee to Stannis.

What then? Would things have been different?]

There may be a choice, but I've no desire to be cruel to the girl. And I think we must needs fight the Regency, not each other.