Bran knew that men slept on top of women when they shared a bed. Sleeping under Lord Manderly would be like sleeping under a fallen horse, he imagined.
The man had a hand down between her legs, and he must have been hurting her there, because the woman started to moan, low in her throat.
The strongest trees are rooted in the dark places of the earth. Darkness will be your cloak, your shield, your mother's milk. Darkness will make you strong.
Bran knew. She's a child. A child of the forest. He shivered, as much from wonderment as cold. They had fallen into one of Old Nan's tales. The First Men named us children, the little woman said. The...
Your wolves have more wit than your maester, the wildling woman said. They know truths the grey man has forgotten. The way she said it made him shiver, and when he asked what the comet meant, she answ...