The Seven Kingdoms have been peaceful enough lately, King Price the king of it all. The summer’s were still dreadful and the winters were still murderous, leaving more dead than alive. Not an idea time for a babe, especially not for a man who didn’t want kids.

Simon was merely a man. His name, Ghost, was known everywhere, stroking feet in even the ones who spoke it. He’s a deadly fighter, but not a night. He has no loyalty’s, not to anyone.

Especially not to the whore he had made with child. He had all the plans to walk away, go on to the next town and let her put that on some other sorry fucker. Yet, he didn’t. Next thing Simon knew he was paying the woman to quit for nine months, paying for her food and housing.

It was not where he thought himself ending up at all. All the money from various jobs saved up, he had bought a small castle, large, virgin acreage where he could breed horses and plant crops. Along with a tiny babe, a little thing with wide eyes and chubby cheeks.

He’s been loyal to few in his life, broke most of them when it was better for him. But this sweet creature, he vowed to protect for the rest of his life.