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Shaera Rivers was born from the union of the Great Bastards.
Daughter of the two most dangerous shadows in Westeros, Bloodraven and Shiera Seastar.
Granddaughter of King Aegon Targaryen the Unworthy, Lady Melissa Blackwood, and Serenei of Lys.
Valarr Targaryen was the heir's heir, the golden prince of his age, tethered by honor to a crown he was born to protect.
And Shaera Rivers was the bastard's bastard. No matter how noble her lineage appeared, her roots were rotten with the shame of her birth.
Their love was a bond that no king would sanction and no realm would ever tolerate.
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"Who is that?" Kiera asked, her voice tighter than she intended.
Lady Ellyn's lips curved slightly. "That is her.. Prince Valarr's beloved."
The word struck like a stone.
"Beloved?"
"Indeed." Ellyn's eyes followed Shaera's hands as the shears moved with quiet precision.
"When Valarr looks at her, he sees flowers, lilies, roses, something rare and delicate. But watch closely my dear."
Her voice dropped to a velvet whisper.
"He sees blossoms... while her hands close only around poisonous weeds."
Kiera hesitated. "She looks... fragile. Almost ethereal."
"So does frost." Ellyn murmured. "Right before it kills the harvest." Her voice lowered into a silken warning. "Do not let the silver hair deceive you. Beneath that glow is a girl who climbed into a prince's heart using tricks no septa would ever teach. They say... she has enchanted him."
Her gaze slid back to Kiera, sharp and knowing.
"If I were you.." She said softly. "I'd ensure Prince Valarr remembers the difference between a highborn rose and a common weed before she sows any more seeds in his head..."