It seemed as though he had been falling for years. Fly, a voice whispered in the darkness, but Bran did not know how to fly, so all he could do was fall. Maester Luwin made a little boy of clay, baked him till he was hard and brittle, dressed him in…

The hunt left at dawn. The king wanted wild boar at the feast tonight. Prince Joffrey rode with his father, so Robb had been allowed to join the hunters as well. Uncle Benjen, Jory, Theon Greyjoy, Ser Rodrik, and even the queen’s funny little brother…

The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness(易碎:清新) that hinted(暗示:示意) at the end of summer. They set forth at daybreak to see a man beheaded(砍头), twenty in all, and Bran rode among them, nervous with excitement. This was the first time he…

Eddard Stark rode through the towering bronze doors of the Red Keep sore, tired, hungry, and irritable. He was still ahorse, dreaming of a long hot soak(浸:湿透:), a roast fowl, and a featherbed, when the king’s steward(管家:乘务员) told him that Grand Maest…

The courtyard rang to the song of swords. Under black wool, boiled leather, and mail, sweat trickled icily down Jon’s chest as he pressed the attack. Grenn stumbled backward, defending himself clumsily. When he raised his sword, Jon went underneath i…

“We will make King’s Landing within the hour.” Catelyn turned away from the rail and forced herself to smile. “Your oarmen have done well by us, Captain. Each one of them shall have a silver stag, as a token of my gratitude.” Captain Moreo Tumitis fa…

Ned and the girls were eight days gone when Maester Luwin came to her one night in Bran’s sickroom, carrying a reading lamp and the books of account. “It is past time that we reviewed the figures, my lady,” he said. “You’ll want to know how much this…

The summons(['sʌm(ə)nz]召唤:传票) came in the hour before the dawn, when the world was still and grey. Alyn shook him roughly from his dreams and Ned stumbled into the predawn chill, groggy(['grɒgɪ] 酒醉的,无力的) from sleep, to find his horse saddled and the…

Jon climbed the steps slowly, trying not to think that this might be the last time ever. Ghost padded silently beside him. Outside, snow swirled through the castle gates, and the yard was all noise and chaos, but inside the thick stone walls it was s…

Somewhere in the great stone maze(迷宫:迷惑) of Winterfell, a wolf howled. The sound hung over the castle like a flag of mourning(哀痛:服丧). Tyrion Lannister looked up from his books and shivered, though the library was snug(舒适的:温暖的) and warm. Something abo…