Chapter 6 —Silent Defiance

• Brienne's POV
• I made it home before I fell apart.
• That was the only thing I could count as a win from the entire night. I held it together through the ride, through the front door, through dropping my bag on the floor and sitting on the edge of my bed. And then the dam broke and I cried in a way I hadn't cried in a long time, the kind that came from somewhere deep and ugly and had no interest in being quiet about it.