Back at Dragonstone, the news reached Rhaenyra. She didn't scream. She didn't weep. She simply turned away from her council and looked into the hearth. When she turned back, the grief had burned away, replaced by a cold, terrifying resolve.
The flight home was a nightmare of rain and thunder. Luke tried to outmaneuver the mountain-sized Vhagar, but Arrax, panicked by the predator behind him, snapped a breath of flame at the elder dragon’s face. It was the final mistake. House.of.the.Dragon.S01E10.2160p.10bit.HDR.DV.W...
The air at Dragonstone was thick with the scent of salt and impending ash. Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen stood over the Painted Table, the candles casting long, flickering shadows across the carved map of Westeros. The news from King’s Landing had arrived like a physical blow: her father, King Viserys, was dead, and the "Greens" had crowned her half-brother, Aegon, in her place. Back at Dragonstone, the news reached Rhaenyra
The time for diplomacy was over. The Dance of the Dragons had begun. She simply turned away from her council and