Before the war, before Aegon took the throne, before her bestfriend married her father, Rhealla Targaryen was simply girl in love with her bestfriends older brother. They were each other's first love-until war, pride, and family tore them apart. Fifteen years later, Gwayne Hightower returns to King's Landing to find the Targaryen princess he left behind, living as a glorified prisoner of the Greens. Forced together while the realm burns, they discover that hatred is far easier than forgiving the one person they never truly stopped loving.

" 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗘, 𝗗𝗔𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡."── 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛. " 𝗦𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗜𝗧." ── 𝗗𝗔𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗧. ❝ 𝙀𝙄𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍 𝘿𝘼𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙉 𝙊𝙍 𝙍𝙃𝘼𝙀𝙉𝙔𝙍𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝘼𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝙉𝘿, 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘽𝙊𝙏𝙃. ❞ 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍-𝗂𝖿 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖱𝖾𝖺 𝖱𝗈𝗒𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖠𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋. 𝖨 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖧𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖣𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗈𝗇 | 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝖦𝖾𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖾 𝖱.𝖱. 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇 | 𝖨 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖮𝖢𝗌. 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗣 𝗢𝗡 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥. 𝖲𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 1 - 𝖯𝖠𝖴𝖲𝖤𝖣. 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂

In a realm torn by duty and honor, Gwayne Hightower and Maelena Targaryen find themselves unwillingly united. Bound by obligations and the weight of responsibility, they have no room for desire or personal longing. And yet, as time passes and their hearts begin to understand one another, they yearn not for good grace or power, but only for each other. ──── ✥ ✥ ✥ ──── ( OC x Gwayne Hightower )