The cradle and the crown

She was raised where rivers ran gently and love was never questioned.

At riverun , Aelora Tully knew who she was-daughter, sister, cherished and safe in a world that never demanded she be anything more than kind.

But the red keep does not reward kindness.

Sent south to wed Baelor Targaryen, Aelora enters a court where every smile is measured, every word remembered-and every woman is compared to the one who came before.

She is not the first wife.

And the court does not let her forget it.