Chapter 177

Drogon’s wings churned the sea to froth as he swept across the mouth of Blackwater Bay, finally alighting on the Skyflame—the warship assigned to receive them.

This massive vessel, larger even than King Robert’s Hammer, had originally been meant to serve as Drogo’s chosen arena for the trial by combat.

But the khal had thought to seize the chance to eliminate Tywin and Cersei altogether, and so he’d chosen not to board this ship of symbolic importance.