Braavos was a very different city from Kings Landing. It smelled different, looked different, the people even looked different. Not just in the way they dressed but in the way they talked and carried themselves. Lyanna wasn't sure if she liked it or not. She stuck close to Jaime as they got off the ship. It was hard not to. She was worried that Rhaegar might have anticpated where they they had gone and had people ready to capture them as soon as they set foot onto shore. There was no one waiting for them when they reached shore.
"How much gold do you have?" Jaime asked her as they waked though he knew not where.
"Enough. I didn't count it. It was several handfuls of gold coins."
He stopped. "You stole from the king or from your brother?"
"From the king. I wouldn't steal from my brother. I didn't want to steal from the king. I didn't see any other way."
"I suppose there wasn't. We should take it to the iron bank. It's too dangerous to carry money around here." Jaime said.
After they had visited the Iron Bank, Jaime and Lyanna found an inn to stay in for the night. They each took a turn having a bath and then took a meal in the common room with all the other guests.
"We need to find out any news of the seven kingdoms that we can find here." Jaime said as they ate. It was some sort of meat and fruit dish that neither of them had ever tasted before. When the barmaid came to pour more drinks for them Jaime spoke to her. "Can you tell us if there is any news from the seven kingdoms? We just came from across the narrow sea…"
"What sort of news are you looking to hear? We don't follow much of the happenings over there. I can only tell you that your Targaryen king is taking a new wife." She said.
"But I thought she ran away?" Lyanna asked.
"Not that wife. He says that if he ever finds her then he'll have two wives. In the meantime he's taking some Lannister woman as a wife." The bar woman told them.
"Cersei?" Jaime asked, blanching white.
"That sounds like the name. I heard a fortnight ago that they were to be married. Could be the wedding has already taken place by now." The woman went on.
"Rhaegar will be kind to her." Lyanna told him as the barmaid went away.
Jaime couldn't answer her. He found that he couldn't speak. He had always known that Cersei would eventually marry. He hadn't known it would hurt this much when she did. She probably only agreed to it for the chance to be queen, but Lyanna was right, Rhaegar would be good to her. He would be good enough that she would learn to forget him. He looked up and saw that Lyanna was crying. It probably disturbed her that Rhaegar had been able to set her aside so quickly. He reached across the table and took her hand. She took her other hand and reached for both of his hands. It was all they could do.