(NOT MINE)

After Prince Baelor Targaryen-heir to the Iron Throne and father to Anna-died, Prince Maekar sent his second son, Aerion, to the Free Cities. He claimed distance might temper the boy. In truth, he could not bear the sight of him: a son who mirrored his late wife's face but not her gentleness, and whose demand for a Trial of Seven led to Baelor's death by Maekar's own hand. Aerion left without protest. What neither of them expected was for his wife, Anna, to beg to remain in Westeros. Propriety dictated she follow her husband, yet how could Maekar deny his niece-especially after taking her father from her? So she stayed. In the years that followed, King Daeron Il died, as did her beloved brother Valarr. Aerys I now wears the crown. Three years later, Aerion returns to a changed Red Keep-barred windows, silent halls, a king more scholar than sovereign. Yet the sharpest change is in his wife. The woman who once met him with wit and loyalty now greets him with indiffer