Chapter 56

It had all begun with a simple knife wound. Drogo had intended to ignore it, but could not resist Daenerys’s concern. He allowed the maegi, Mirri Maz Duur, to treat it—and ended up cursed by her blood magic, reduced to a lifeless shell.

Since then, the Khal had loathed witches who used magic. He had encountered Quaithe several times now, so he no longer feared her as he once had—but his killing intent remained sharp.

“The children of shadow may be untouchable,” Drogo snarled, “but I, Drogo, do not fear curses. Damned Shadowbinder, taste the bite of Valyrian steel!”