BRAN Her tone told Bran to tread carefully, but then again Bran had never reacted well with being told what to do and that was probably why he stalked forward and gripped her, lifting her from the couch to her feet and planting his lips on hers, swallowing whatever she'd been about to say in a kiss. She opened her mouth and Bran almost sighed in relief at the welcoming action. He'd thought that she was going to fight him, that she was going to push him away because of what happened, so he was pleasantly surprised that she was doing the opposite by letting him kiss her. But she wasn't kissing him back. Well, that wasn't an issue. He would coerce her into the kiss soon enough. He slid his tongue into her mouth, instantly searching for hers and instead, what he got had him

