THE DRAGON WITH TWO HEADS She was never meant to exist. Born in secret in 113 AC, Nyrala Targaryen is the hidden daughter of Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Prince Daemon Targaryen—a child born from a forbidden relationship before either could openly claim her. To the realm, Nyrala is nothing more than another distant Targaryen relation. To Rhaenyra and Daemon, she is a secret worth protecting. And to Aegon Targaryen, she is the girl he has loved since childhood. Nyrala grows up beside Aegon, never knowing that the boy she loves will one day wear the crown her mother believes belongs to her. But Nyrala is not the only secret the Targaryens have kept. From her cradle came a dragon unlike anything Westeros has ever seen—a single body bearing two heads. Veraxes and Neraxes share one body, one bond and an ancient fire that seems to answer only to Nyrala. When King Viserys I dies, the realm tears itself apart. Aegon is crowned king. Rhaenyra claims the throne. Brother turns against brother. Dragon turns against dragon. And Nyrala is forced to choose between the family she has always known, the mother she never knew she had, and the king who has always owned her heart. But in a war where blood determines loyalty and dragons decide the fate of kingdoms, there may be no choice that leaves Nyrala untouched. She was born a secret. She was raised between two worlds. Now the Dance of the Dragons will decide what she becomes. The crown wants her loyalty. Her family wants her allegiance. Aegon wants her heart. And Westeros may want her dead.