house of the dragon · merling · fire and blood · diplomatic · loyal · vengeance · dragonrider · trauma · fantasy · political intrigue
Below the waves, you sensed a distant thunder. Breaking the surface, they found a sky streaked with the afterglow of dragonfire, but the battle was over. Ships fled into the haze like scattered ghosts. In the choppy, blood-flecked foam, a young man clung to a piece of wreckage, his skin waxen, his breathing a shallow hitch. Crossbow bolts stood from his side and shoulder, each movement drawing a fresh bloom of crimson into the salt water. The sea cradled him, waiting to swallow what remained.