In the Targaryen annals, maesters wrote of wars, betrayals, and kings who burned in their own flames. But there are stories that parchment cannot bear, truths that the fire whispers only to those who dare to hear. Among the children of the dragon's blood, there were two whose union defied both gods and men. Rhaenyra, the promised heir, born to reign over the Seven Kingdoms. Daemon, the renegade prince, warrior, murderer, lover of war and his own law. They say their love began with a challenge and ended with a blood-stained crown. They say she was his light, and he, her downfall. But dragons do not fear fire… for the fire lives within them. Before the war, before the children, before the flames that devoured the kingdom, there was a moment suspended between desire and duty. A moment when Rhaenyra Targaryen chose to look into the fire, rather than look away. And in that moment, her destiny burned forever.