Theon is mostly ignored and takes to wandering around the castle. There are rumours that Stannis has friends inside the castle. Probably it is Abel who is probably Mance Rayder, though that means he's more Melisandre's friend than Stannis'. Or probably he has aims of his own. Anyway, people start turning up dead and it confounds the Boltons, so it's probably him doing it.
It snows. A *lot*. And this is supposed to be still autumn? Surely everyone is going to starve when winter comes?
Theon gets questioned in case he is the one doing the killing but no-one believes it is really possible. He has to take his gloves off to show his mutilated hands. He keeps worrying that he will have to take more clothes off in front of people. Between that and his lack of interest in Abel's washerwomen it seems likely Ramsay has done a Lorena Bobbit on him.
He goes to the heart tree (which says "Theon" and "Bran", so Bran is obviously still trying to communicate). He implores the gods to give him a sword so he can die honourably, but is overheard by Holly, Rowan and someone else. They offer to give him a quick death in return for giving information to Abel. I don't think Theon will die yet, though. Hopefully he will get some of his mojo back, join forces with Abel and meet up with his sister, who arrives along with Stannis right at the end of the chapter. A revenge scene with Ramsay might be fun.
