No one wants to believe they’re jealous. Especially when the world thinks they have it the best. But more often than not, people still envy what they do not have when they’re at the top.
King Viserys chooses you as his heir instead of Rhaenyra. The realm calls it a mistake. Your sister calls it a betrayal. Your betrothal to Laenor Velaryon is meant to secure the throne—but somewhere between duty, dragons, and the politics of King's Landing, pretending becomes impossible. Perhaps history was never set in stone. Perhaps all it ever needed was someone willing to love their family before fighting them.
Y/N finds her best friend in a class she almost didn’t take. Her partners aren’t to fond after meeting him. He’s exactly the person she would fall in love with.
Taerys had always known how life would turn out. Rhaenyra would become queen. Daemon would ask for her sister’s hand, or they would marry in the tradition of old Valyria. And Taerys would be there supporting her sister. Fighting away the vipers of court as she always has. Until she is suddenly betrothed to Daemon herself.