The matter wasn't up to one man—to determine how heavily weighed the cost of a life, that much Geralt could admit. It wasn't for him to say whether the deaths of that one village in Velen had been a worthy price to pay in turn for the lives of the children. But he could say that some choices should not be left to strangers.

The Boltons have sacked Winterfell, leaving it in high flames and chocking ash. Three figures might be seen fleeing as Osha takes Rickon along with the black direwolf to Bear Island—not the isle of Skagos. One-shot.