AENAR TARGARYEN was a man well accustomed to chaos. It was one of many things he and his younger brother, Daemon, had in common. Aenar liked to push the rules, liked to take what he wanted without thinking of the consequences.
Then he fell in love.
It would be years before he ever told anyone the story, and by then, Aenar would change the facts; Celia Lannister was a game, taking her honor was his prize, and then marrying her was the punishment Tymond Lannister demanded for leaving her with child. She was his only daughter, and while a prince was a most advantageous match, beautiful Celia had already been betrothed.
The marriage wasn't enough. For six years, Tymond's sons, Jason and Tyland, festered in their rage until Viserys became king.
Viserys was only a year into his reign. Not wanting to risk turning his people against him, Viserys disinherited his younger brother.
Aenar left the city. Took his son, Baelor, his daughter, Daella, and Celia with him to Driftmark, where his cousin Rhaenys was more than happy to take him and his family in.
That first year, Celia and Aenar would lose their third child, a baby boy they named Aenys.
The birth was difficult, it was easy to see, and while Celia only barely lived, she and Aenar agreed they would have no more children.
Celia never fully recovered.
Try as the maesters might to help her, she was gone in months.
Ten years after leaving court, Aenar makes a decision to return to his family. His son and daughter are of an age with his niece, Rhaenyra, and he doesn't want them to grow up not knowing the rest of their family.
He returns to a viper's nest of complicated politics and deceit that will leave the house of the dragon tearing apart at the very seams.
But, after all, Aenar thrives in chaos.
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