Everyone with eyes could see. That Princess Rhaenyra's firstborn twins did not truly have salt flowing through their veins like those of House Velaryon. Jacaerys and Laenora were bastards. But the children learned to endure the pointed stares and whispers that always followed in their wake; because they were told it should mean nothing to them. For they possessed what most did not; something far greater than salt. They had the blood of the dragon. And in the end, fire would reign. ______ ALL HOUSE OF THE DRAGON RIGHTS BELONG TO HBO & WARNER BROS.