𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 30. 𝓡𝓸𝓸𝓴'𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓽

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~129 A

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~129 A.C~

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DRAGONSTONE
The next day The Painted Table was filled once more, the tension in the air thicker than the sea mist outside.

Jace stood at the head of the table, in his mother's place, his jaw set and his gaze unwavering.

"I see no other choice. We need to send a dragon."

The moment hung in the air.

And then—

The doors opened.

All eyes turned as Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen stepped into the room.

She was cloaked in the modest garb of a septa, her silver-blonde hair braided backwards, her usual royal presence subdued but no less commanding.

Beside her walked Ser Steffon Darklyn, similarly disguised in a septon's robes.

At the small table, where she had just poured wine for the lords, Vellena froze.

She turned her head slowly, her heart pounding in her chest.

For the first few seconds, she couldn't believe it—but then the reality struck her.

Her mother was home.

A wave of relief crashed over her, so sudden and overwhelming that she felt lightheaded.

She wanted to cry—wanted to run to her mother, throw herself into her arms—but she forced herself to remain still.

Rhaenyra approached the opposite end of the table, her gaze sweeping across the gathered lords before settling on Jacaerys.

Her brows furrowed.

"Where?"

A thick silence followed.

Some of the lords shifted uncomfortably.

Rhaenys and Corlys exchanged wordless glances, each measuring the tension between mother and son.

But Jace...

Jace was seething.

His hand clenched so tightly around the hilt of his sword that his knuckles turned white, as if he was about to snap the steel in two.

𝑨 𝑫𝑶𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑫 𝑩𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬~ Jacaerys Velaryon, Daeron Targaryen, Cregan StarkWhere stories live. Discover now