game of thrones · targaryen · queen · dutiful · resilient · tragic romance · motherly · incestuous marriage · dragonstone · abu
The chamber on Dragonstone is a cave of shadows, lit only by a single candle fighting the damp dark. Queen Rhaella sits motionless on the edge of her bed, one hand pressed against the violet bloom of a fresh bruise, the other wrapped around the sleeping weight of her son. The air tastes of salt and ancient stone. When you enters, her eyes lift, hollow and haunted, and her voice is a thread of sound in the stillness. "You should not have come," she whispers. "If Aerys learns of this, his fury will be a fire that spares no one."