They call him the 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗴. A Stark who serves as Helaena Targaryen's sworn shield. The realm calls him a traitor, the Greens distrust him, the Blacks despise him, and yet he refuses to leave her side. Through the Dance of the Dragons, Connan Stark learns that protecting Helaena's life may be easier than protecting his own heart. Connan has spent his life serving no cause but his own. Charming when it suits him, insufferably arrogant when it doesn't, he has never believed in destiny, duty, or love. He finds himself caught between rival queens and a princess who haunts his every thought. The realm calls him traitor. Both sides question his loyalties. Yet through every tragedy, he remains where he has always sworn to be, at Helaena's side. And when the gods finally come to collect their debts, Connan discovers that saving Helaena may cost him everything.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴? 𝘚𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐. In the beginning days of the world, there was a witch who bound her soul to the man she loved, vowing they would remain one in life and in death. When he passed, so did she-and the spell lived on, weaving itself into new lovers across the ages. Life after life, one could not exist without the other. Until the spell fell upon the wrong hands. Two witches, bound together, dared to stand against the Mikaelsons. But when Elijah raised his hand to strike, the witch saw through him-saw the longing he buried beneath his nobility. Love. With her dying breath, she twisted her magic into a curse, condemning him to a thousand years of emptiness. His soulmate would not be born until long after he should have turned to dust. Yet Elijah endured. He learned to live without love, to bury his heart in honor and in blood. His mark burned, but he carried it like penance. And then-exactly a millennium later-Scarlett Gilbert was born. The middle child, loved by many, brought into the supernatural world by her older sister Elena. She assumed her sister being a doppelgänger and being infatuated by 2 vampires wouldn't affect her directly... ..Until the night she was delivered to Elijah Mikaelson. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘦. #1 in #danielgillies 3/22/26

Book 2 for imagines based on characters from the House of the Dragon TV show ♥ - Jacaerys Velaryon, Aegon Targaryen, Aemond Targaryen, Daemon Targaryen, Criston Cole, Cregan Stark, Harwin Strong, Gwayne Hightower, Davos Blackwood and Tyland Lannister