Daenerys lifted her head, her violet eyes glistening.
The girl had grown quite a bit taller, but the gesture was still exactly the same as when she was little. In front of him, she would always be the little girl who needed her brother's protection.
"What is it? Have you been waiting long?" Viserys asked Daenerys, who was nestled in his arms.
"I waited here every afternoon." Daenerys looked up, her violet eyes full of hurt. "And then you stayed away for almost a month."
"Sorry. A few things came up and delayed me," Viserys replied, ruffling her hair.
"Then you have to tell me about them." She clung to him, refusing to let go. "All of them."
"All right."
Only after Viserys agreed did she smile in satisfaction, though she still refused to release him. He had no choice but to pick her up and carry her into the castle.
"Where's Rhaenys?"
"She rode Meleys deep into Valyria with Blackflame early this morning." Daenerys pouted. "She said she was going to catch fire lizards, but she still hasn't come back."
Hearing this, Viserys connected to Blackflame and, sure enough, saw Rhaenys. They seemed to be inside a volcano. In previous years, to help the hatchling dragons grow faster, Viserys had often sent Blackflame to catch fire lizards to feed them.
Later, once the hatchling dragons had grown a little, they had begun hunting fire lizards together. As a result, fire lizards had become increasingly scarce, and each hunt took them farther into the peninsula before they could find any.
Seeing through Blackflame's eyes that Rhaenys was safe, Viserys relaxed. Over their years together, he had discovered that although Blackflame had been hatched by King Ghidorah, the dragon had not inherited any flame with special properties.
Still, Blackflame was the