" Your brothers were avenged, " Grenn said. " Bolton's son killed all the ironmen, and it's said he's flaying Theon Greyjoy inch by inch for what he did" .
" The banners, " Brienne observed. " Flayed man and twin towers, see. King Robb's sworn men. There, above the gatehouse, grey on white. They fly the direwolf" .
Roose Bolton's pale eyes were fixed on Theon, as sharp as Skinner's flaying knife. " I am inclined to agree. Strength aside, he does not have it in him to betray my son" .
She had forgotten that for an instant. Beneath her cloak, she still wore her fine page's doublet, with the flayed man of the Dreadfort sewn on her breast. " Don't call me little one" !
Harwin's eyes went from her face to the flayed man on her doublet. " How do you know me" ? he said, frowning suspiciously. " The flayed man... who are you, some serving boy to Lord Leech" ?
" He was a traitor. I never promised to spare him, only that I'd be merciful, and I was. If he hadn't been your father, I would have had him torn or flayed, but I gave him a clean death. "