ʜɪs ᴀᴅᴏᴘᴛᴇᴅ ɴᴇɪᴄᴇ || ᴅᴀᴇᴍᴏɴ ᴛᴀʀɢᴀʀʏᴇɴ ||

In the Red Keep's gilded halls, beneath the eyes of kings and dragons, walks a woman the realm was never meant to notice.

Valenya Targaryen, five years Rhaenyra's elder, was adopted into the royal family under a veil of scandal and secrecy. Raised alongside the realm's future queen, she became her fiercest protector, her confidante, her sister in all but blood. While th court turned blind eyes to Valenya's existence, Rhaenyra never did. She loved her with the pure devotion only sisters can share-one born of whispers, shared glances, and quiet rebellions behind castle walls.

But one man saw Valenya differently.

Prince Daemon Targaryen.

To most, he was Rhaenyra's champion, her guardian, her shadow. But to Valenya, he was cruel. Dismissive. Scornful in ways that felt personal. She despised him-thought she despised him-for his arrogance, for his favoritism, for the way he looked right through her.

Until she realized:
He didn't look through her.
He looked too closely.

Daemon didn't hate her. He wanted her. He feared her. And that fear had turned to fire long ago.

When Rhaenyra discovers the truth-that her beloved uncle longs not for her, but for her older sister-she does not turn bitter. She does not rage.

She smiles.

Because no one has ever seen Valenya as Daemon does. And Rhaenyra, proud and protective, would see her sister worshipped-even by a prince wrapped in shadow.

But love in the Red Keep is a dangerous game. There are eyes everywhere, tongues sharper than steel, and dragons that do not sleep. As desire blazes into something far more dangerous, Valenya must choose:
Hide in the safety of silence, or risk everything for a love that could bring the realm to its knees.

Daemon Targaryen x OC