Blood In The Water: Chapter 13
Delylah Tully, only child of Edmure, finds herself in the midst of a war consuming Westeros. But the Riverlands is the heart of the seven kingdoms, and Delylah is the key to the Riverlands. Yet the lineage of old gods worshippers and witch queens mingles in Delylah’s veins, and the little fish may be more formidable than she seems.
Aegon VI Targaryen is raised in Dorne, a dragon amongst serpents. His life depends on him living as one of Oberyn’s bastards, yet the unseated heir is hot-blooded and impatient. When the North declares war, Aegon sees the perfect opportunity to form alliances. His greatest secret is not his identity, but Toad, the first dragon in over a century.
Fire and blood collide as war rages across Westeros, and both Aegon and Delylah find that their choices will shape the future of the embattled continent.
“It cannot be easy, praying to the old gods when none of the rest of House Tully do. You take after your mother and her family, and I am not angry or disappointed because of that. Where I will draw a line, Delylah, is in you covering your hands in Lord Karstark’s blood and then going to smudge it on the heart tree.”
Delylah lapsed into silence, the quiet only broken by the snap of the logs in the hearth. She dropped her hands into her lap, swallowing the lump that scratched at her throat.
“I don’t know what you want me to say, Father.”
“Was that the first time?” Edmure asked.
“No.” Delylah admitted, and when her father’s eyes fluttered closed in exasperation, she hastened to add: “But it was only the second time.”
