‘I have dreamed your Wall, Jon Snow. Great was the lore that raised it, and great the spells locked beneath its ice. We walk beneath one of the hinges of the world.’ Melisandrea gazed up at it, her breath a warm moist cloud in the air. ‘This is my place as it is yours, and soon enough you may have grave need of me. Do not refuse my friendship, Jon. I have seen you in the storm, hard-pressed, with enemies on every side. You have so many enemies. Shall I tell you their names?’
‘I know their names.’
‘Do not be so certain.’ The ruby at Melisandre’s throat gleamed red. ‘It is not the foes who curse you to your face that you must fear, but those who smile when you are looking and sharpen their knives when you turn your back. You would do well to keep your wolf close beside you. Ice, I see, and daggers in the dark. Blood frozen red and hard. and naked steel. It was very cold.’
‘It is always cold on the Wall.’
‘You think so?’
‘I know so, my lady.’
‘Then you know nothing, Jon Snow,’ she whispered.
(A Dance With Dragons, Copyright © 2011 by George R.R. Martin, Bantam)
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