✮ | A mate in the midst of pain.

"Rhysand knelt beside her, his heart twisting at the sight of her pale face, at the fragile way her wings stretched out in fear. He wanted to touch her, to soothe that terror a...

✮ | Her fault.

Rhaenyra is consumed by guilt, believing that her choices—the war she fought, the claim she staked to the throne, and the fragile peace she tri...

✮ | The younger brother, the unbound.

"Unmarried and unbound, he lingered in the shadows of the Red Keep, a watchful presence. A pause, then the soft rustle of footsteps on the stone floor. He always watching,...

✮ | Young Hightower wife he despises.

" The very name stung his pride, a bitter reminder of Otto Hightower's endless scheming. They sought to bind him, to cage him in marriage as they once had with Rhea. He c...

✮ | her betrothed twin brother, you. (Young Rhaenyra)

“I resent you for embracing the mantle of duty like a noose,” she shot back, her voice rising to a fierce crescendo. “You would trade our happiness for the...

✮ | The older brother, the heir. (Young Alicent.)

"The prince, with his back turned to the entrance, gazed out through a large, ornate window overlooking the city below. His posture was rigid, his demeanor one...

✮ | You're his mate but cannot know it.

"under the mountain, the dungeon's oppressive silence was punctuated only by the distant drip of water and the rustle of Rhysand’s steps as he made his way tow...