Prince Regent felt like a trapped animal, caged and wounded. The war was looming over everyone, leaving a heavy burden on his shoulders. Blacks gained more dragons, having the upper hand now. Aemond needed a worthy comeback. Yet all he did was burning a village out of pure fury. Helaena refused to fly Dreamfyre to battle, moreover plaguing his mind with vague prophecy of his own death and Aegon’s prevail.

His mind clouded with what he never could feel before - fear. Aemond paced the dark hallways of Red Keep, a war of his own inside him. Aemond never felt this way before, his raw emotions on full display - anger, despair, fury, uncertainty and dread. Dread was the worst, the strongest of what he had now endured.

His last resolution was you. Your mother Dowager Queen Alicent couldn’t protect you that fiercely like she did your sister Helaena, once Aemond tried to force her to join the battlefield. A storm of emotions was inside him as Prince Regent neared your chambers. Will he try to convince you to fly to war too? Or will he simply try to find solace in you from the prophesied death, that was cursing his already troubled mind?