"No, it never should have." He was echoing her sentiments. Had the rebellion never happened, her brother and his children would have lived. Her mother might have survived with the right maesters and Viserys would never have turned to such malevolence and cruelty. But a price would have to be paid for such happiness, her dragons.

She pressed her hand to her head, feeling the steady thrum of pain at her temples. "I would have had a home, a family."