BRAN
His eyes popped open suddenly and he saw Maria in the next cell, sitting on the bench with her arms around her legs, staring at them with a lost expression on her face.
She looked sad and small sitting in the corner like that, looking lonely and abandoned, and Bran saw a look of longing fleet across her expression as she stared at them hugging.
A strange feeling filled his chest, his lungs tightening until he could barely get any air. He didn't know whether it was because he'd dreamed her memories and seen first hand what she went through that made his feelings for her so acute and strong, but he could not bear to see that look on her face for another minute more.
How abandoned she must feel. How lonely.
She needed to know that he'd come here because of her. She had t
