Chapter 178

Their Majesties had ventured into the lions’ den together, and everyone had been holding their breath for them. If anything happened to those two most important people, the vast might of the Dragon-and-Horse would crumble in an instant.

The Unsullied might simply settle for fate, hole up on Dragonstone, and ignore the world. The khalasars would surely ride straight back to the Dothraki Sea. And the dragons would be loosed to pure wildness, bringing a true and terrible horror upon the world.

Seeing the khal and the queen return, the people blew horns and beat drums; joy surged through them. It was a sign of cohesion—but looked at another way, Drogo saw a risk.