Caught

ARYA’S POV I turned slowly, my entire body going rigid when I saw Marco. He looked exactly the same except now, standing in this dim hallway, calling me by a name that belonged to someone else's life, he looked like a stranger. "Surprise," he said, that familiar teasing lilt in his voice. Something snapped inside me. Before I could think, my hand flew up and connected with his shoulder in a solid hit. "Ow! Arya!" "Don't you dare prank me like that again!" My voice shook with a mixture of relief. "Do you have any idea what those notes and cryptic messages were doing to me! thought someone was stalking me!" "Someone was." His grin was infuriatingly unrepentant. "Me." "That's not funny, Marco!" "It's a little funny." I hit him again, harder this time, but he caught my wrist and pulled me into a hug. Despite everything, I melted into it. My arms wrapped around him in response and I inhaled his warm scent. He hugged me tighter, and I chuckled against his shoulder. “Well,” I st