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They mistook her silence for weakness.
Princess Vaella Targaryen was born without a voice.
For years, the court looked upon her as fragile. Nobles spoke over her. Lords dismissed her. Some whispered that a princess who could not speak could never command respect.
They were wrong.
Vaella learned early that she did not need a voice to make herself heard.
She learned the language of her hands. She learned to read the emotions hidden behind people's smiles. She learned that actions revealed more than words ever could.
And then came Meleys, the Red Queen.
After the death of her aunt Alyssa, the ancient scarlet dragon chooses Vaella as her new rider, transforming the quiet princess into one of the most formidable dragonriders in Westeros.
But dragons are not the only dangerous things lurking within the walls of King's Landing.
As the Targaryen family is pulled deeper into a struggle for succession, Vaella finds herself caught between duty, family, and a cousin whose name has always been synonymous with trouble.
Daemon Targaryen.
He is reckless where she is patient.
Provocative where she is restrained.
A storm where she is fire.
Yet somehow, he is one of the few people who never treats her silence as something that needs fixing.
He learns her language.
She learns his heart.
And somewhere between dragonfire, bloodshed, whispered secrets, and stolen moments beneath the stars, the two discover something neither of them expected:
love.
But loving a Targaryen has always come at a price.
As the realm descends into war and dragon turns against dragon, Vaella must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the people she loves-and whether love can survive when the sky itself begins to burn.
She was born without a voice.
But when the dragons roar, Westeros will hear her.